Landsturm
[ˈlantˌʃtʊʁm]
The verdict
“Landsturm” 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) - Reserveeinheit des Militärs
Corpus desk
Index DE-landsturm · Landsturm · German
Landsturm · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Landsturm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlantˌʃtʊʁm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Landsturm“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Landsturm is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlantˌʃtʊʁm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Landsturm, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Landsturm, spelled L-A-N-D-S-T-U-R-M.
Definition
- 1Reserveeinheit des Militärs
- 2Gesamtheit der zum Wehrdienst herangezogenen Männer älterer Jahrgänge
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Landsturm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Landsturm kämpfen auch Männer, die zu alt für den regulären Dienst sind.
„Da »der Feind im Land« stand, ordnete Wilhelm II. nun laut gültigem Wehrpflichtgesetz die Einberufung des Landsturms an, also der ehemaligen Wehrpflichtigen, die von der regulären Mobilisierung nicht erfasst worden waren.“
Synonyms
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.