Landvogt

[ˈlantˌfoːkt]

/[ˈlantˌfoːkt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Landvogt” is uncommon German (frequency #61,696 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,696
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vom König mit der Verwaltung eines Gebietes, das direkt dem Reich unterstand, beauftragte Person

Corpus desk

Index DE-landvogt · Landvogt · German

Landvogt · rank #61,696 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,696
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Landesherr

Nearest frequency peer: Landesherr (-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 „Landvogt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Landvogt
PropertyValue
HeadwordLandvogt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlantˌfoːkt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,696
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Landvogt“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Landvogtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Landesherr“ (#61,695), „learned“ (#61,697), „Laminat“ (#61,694). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Landvogt“ bei #61,696. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Landvogt is uncommon German at frequency #61,696 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlantˌfoːkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Landvogt in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Landvogt, spelled L-A-N-D-V-O-G-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    vom König mit der Verwaltung eines Gebietes, das direkt dem Reich unterstand, beauftragte Person
  2. 2
    Person, die ein Landgut verwaltet

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Du weißt, wie hier Zu Schwyz sich alle Redlichen beklagen Ob dieses Landvogts Geiz und Wüterei.“
  2. „Nur der dänische Landvogt hatte blanke Stulpenstiefel aus weichem, schön braunem und frisch eingefettetem Leder, die bis zu den Knien reichten, mit blitzblanken silbernen Sporen.“

This word in other languages

bailli(Français)

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 "Landvogt"?
"Landvogt" is spelled L-A-N-D-V-O-G-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlantˌfoːkt].
What does "Landvogt" mean?
As a noun, "Landvogt" means: vom König mit der Verwaltung eines Gebietes, das direkt dem Reich unterstand, beauftragte Person
How do you pronounce "Landvogt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Landvogt" is [ˈlantˌfoːkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Landvogt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kümmerst#61,693Liebherr#61,710kleinert#61,669Kalibers#61,651

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list