Landratte
[ˈlantˌʁatə]
The verdict
“Landratte” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der nicht zur See fährt
Corpus desk
Index DE-landratte · Landratte · German
Landratte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Landratte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlantˌʁatə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Landratte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Landratte is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlantˌʁatə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der nicht zur See fährt".
Landratte has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Landratte, spelled L-A-N-D-R-A-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1jemand, der nicht zur See fährt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Landratte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Landratten haben ja keine Ahnung von Sturm und Orkan.
„Aber sein Bruder Lýdar segelte auch nicht mehr auf dem Schiff, er hatte eine Frau aus Nólsoy geheiratet und war eine Landratte geworden.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.