Landesherrschaft

/[ˈlandəsˌhɛʁʃaft]/ noun

The verdict

“Landesherrschaft” is an uncommon German word, ranked #97,289 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#97,289
frequency rank, German
16
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Ausübung der höchsten Herrschaftsgewalt über ein Territorium durch einen Landesherrn

Key facts for Landesherrschaft
PropertyValue
HeadwordLandesherrschaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlandəsˌhɛʁʃaft]
Letters16
Frequency rank#97,289
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Landesherrschaft” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Landesherrschaft lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Landesherrschaft is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlandəsˌhɛʁʃaft]. Corpus data places it at rank #97,289 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ausübung der höchsten Herrschaftsgewalt über ein Territorium durch einen Landesherrn".

No misspelling variants are generated for Landesherrschaft in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Landesherrschaft, spelled L-A-N-D-E-S-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-A-F-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ausübung der höchsten Herrschaftsgewalt über ein Territorium durch einen Landesherrn

Frequency rank: #97,289 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Landesherrschaft"?
"Landesherrschaft" is spelled L-A-N-D-E-S-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlandəsˌhɛʁʃaft].
What does "Landesherrschaft" mean?
As a noun, "Landesherrschaft" means: Ausübung der höchsten Herrschaftsgewalt über ein Territorium durch einen Landesherrn
How do you pronounce "Landesherrschaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Landesherrschaft" is [ˈlandəsˌhɛʁʃaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Landesherrschaft" come from?
"Landesherrschaft" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Landesherrschaft”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is L-A-N-D-E-S-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-A-F-T — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈlandəsˌhɛʁʃaft] (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.