lapidar
[ˌlapiˈdaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“lapidar” is uncommon German (frequency #53,033 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,033
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kurz und knapp, mit wenigen Worten auskommend
Corpus desk
Index DE-lapidar · lapidar · German
lapidar · rank #53,033 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,033
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH langwieriger
Nearest frequency peer: langwieriger (-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 „lapidar“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Lakaien
Lakaien
46,971 corpus weight
- langsameren
langsameren
46,970 corpus weight
- langwieriger
langwieriger
46,969 corpus weight
- lapidar
lapidar
46,968 corpus weight
- Laubach
Laubach
46,967 corpus weight
- Lauffen
Lauffen
46,966 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „lapidar“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lapidar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌlapiˈdaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,033 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „lapidar“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
lapidar is uncommon German at frequency #53,033 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌlapiˈdaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kurz und knapp, mit wenigen Worten auskommend".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lapidar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is lapidar, spelled L-A-P-I-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1kurz und knapp, mit wenigen Worten auskommend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lapidar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er war für seinen lapidaren Stil berühmt.
„In dem Schreiben teilte uns die Schule lapidar mit, dass das Schuljahr bald vorbei sei.“
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Antonyms
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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