Lampenfieber
[ˈlampn̩ˌfiːbɐ]
The verdict
“Lampenfieber” is uncommon German (frequency #51,501 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,501
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Anspannung eines darstellenden Künstlers kurz vor einem Bühnenauftritt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lampenfieber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlampn̩ˌfiːbɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #51,501 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lampenfieber” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lampenfieber is uncommon German at frequency #51,501 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlampn̩ˌfiːbɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Lampenfieber, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Lampenfieber, spelled L-A-M-P-E-N-F-I-E-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1die Anspannung eines darstellenden Künstlers kurz vor einem Bühnenauftritt
- 2die Anspannung oder gar Panik eines Menschen kurz vor einem Auftritt vor (meist vielen) Personen
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Lampenfieber”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-A-M-P-E-N-F-I-E-B-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlampn̩ˌfiːbɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.