Landnahme

[ˈlantˌnaːmə]

/[ˈlantˌnaːmə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Landnahme” is uncommon German (frequency #65,450 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,450
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aneignung von fremdem Land

Corpus desk

Index DE-landnahme · Landnahme · German

Landnahme · rank #65,450 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,450
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Landsmannscha…

Nearest frequency peer: Landsmannschaft (+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 „Landnahme“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Landnahme
PropertyValue
HeadwordLandnahme
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlantˌnaːmə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,450
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Landnahme“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Landnahmefällt 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: „Landsmannschaft“ (#65,451), „Laserpointer“ (#65,452), „kölnischen“ (#65,447). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Landnahme“ bei #65,450. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Landnahme is uncommon German at frequency #65,450 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlantˌnaːmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aneignung von fremdem Land".

No misspelling variants are generated for Landnahme in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Landnahme, spelled L-A-N-D-N-A-H-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aneignung von fremdem Land

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Diese Konkurrenz-Ideologie beschleunigt die Landnahme in Afrika.“
  2. „Die Idee der Überlegenheit und Zivilisierung waren vorgeschobene Argumente in einer systematischen Landnahme zum Vorteil der Siedlerkolonien.“

Synonyms

Landeinnahme

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 "Landnahme"?
"Landnahme" is spelled L-A-N-D-N-A-H-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlantˌnaːmə].
What does "Landnahme" mean?
As a noun, "Landnahme" means: Aneignung von fremdem Land
How do you pronounce "Landnahme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Landnahme" is [ˈlantˌnaːmə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Landnahme" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Leinsamen#65,459Kunstwelt#65,440lernfähig#65,461Kunigunde#65,438

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list