Landstreicher
[ˈlantˌʃtʁaɪ̯çɐ]
The verdict
“Landstreicher” is uncommon German (frequency #59,832 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,832
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand ohne festen Wohnsitz, der umherstreicht
Corpus desk
Index DE-landstreicher · Landstreicher · German
Landstreicher · rank #59,832 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,832
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Landser
Nearest frequency peer: Landser (-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 „Landstreicher“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kämpferische
kämpferische
40,175 corpus weight
- Landser
Landser
40,170 corpus weight
- Landstreich…
Landstreicher
40,169 corpus weight
- Langweiler
Langweiler
40,168 corpus weight
- Latenz
Latenz
40,166 corpus weight
- launisch
launisch
40,165 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Landstreicher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Landstreicher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlantˌʃtʁaɪ̯çɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #59,832 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Landstreicher“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Landstreicher is uncommon German at frequency #59,832 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlantˌʃtʁaɪ̯çɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand ohne festen Wohnsitz, der umherstreicht".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Landstreicher in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Landstreicher, spelled L-A-N-D-S-T-R-E-I-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand ohne festen Wohnsitz, der umherstreicht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Landstreicher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das waren noch Zeiten damals. Als es Landstreicher gab, Streuner, die das ganze Jahr von Dorf zu Dorf zogen, mal arbeiteten, mal bettelten.“
„Klöster und Private unterstützten den bettelnden Landstreicher.“
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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