Landei

[ˈlantˌʔaɪ̯]

/[ˈlantˌʔaɪ̯]/ noun

The verdict

“Landei” is uncommon German (frequency #68,420 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,420
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ei, das von einem Bauernhof stammt und nicht aus einer Legebatterie

Corpus desk

Index DE-landei · Landei · German

Landei · rank #68,420 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,420
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH lamy

Nearest frequency peer: lamy (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Landei“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Landei“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Landei
PropertyValue
HeadwordLandei
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlantˌʔaɪ̯]
Letters6
Frequency rank#68,420
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Landei“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Landeifällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „lamy“ (#68,419), „Langhans“ (#68,421), „lakonisch“ (#68,418). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Landei“ bei #68,420. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Landei is uncommon German at frequency #68,420 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlantˌʔaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Landei in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Landei, spelled L-A-N-D-E-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ei, das von einem Bauernhof stammt und nicht aus einer Legebatterie
  2. 2
    Mensch, der auf dem Land lebt (was bedeutet: nicht in der Stadt) und in vielerlei Hinsicht für unerfahren und naiv gehalten wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Landei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Heute gibt es frische Landeier zum Frühstück.
  2. Obwohl Herr Meier schon seit über zwanzig Jahren in Düsseldorf wohnt, ist er doch immer ein Landei geblieben.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Landei"?
"Landei" is spelled L-A-N-D-E-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlantˌʔaɪ̯].
What does "Landei" mean?
As a noun, "Landei" means: Ei, das von einem Bauernhof stammt und nicht aus einer Legebatterie
How do you pronounce "Landei"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Landei" is [ˈlantˌʔaɪ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Landei" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Landei", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list