lantern

[ˈlæntən]

/[ˈlæntən]/ noun

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The verdict

“lantern” is uncommon German (frequency #87,967 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,967
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laterne

Corpus desk

Index DE-lantern · lantern · German

lantern · rank #87,967 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,967
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH langersehnte

Nearest frequency peer: langersehnte (-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 „lantern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lantern
PropertyValue
Headwordlantern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlæntən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#87,967
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „lantern“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).lanternfällt 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: „langersehnte“ (#87,966), „lauwarme“ (#87,969), „Laktoseintoleranz“ (#87,964). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „lantern“ bei #87,967. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lantern is uncommon German at frequency #87,967 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlæntən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Laterne".

No misspelling variants are generated for lantern in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 lantern, spelled L-A-N-T-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Laterne

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 "lantern"?
"lantern" is spelled L-A-N-T-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlæntən].
What does "lantern" mean?
As a noun, "lantern" means: Laterne
How do you pronounce "lantern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lantern" is [ˈlæntən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kringel#87,951Kommata#87,935Kienzle#87,920measure#88,016

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list