lasch

[laʃ]

/[laʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“lasch” is uncommon German (frequency #52,237 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,237
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Spannkraft; schlaff, matt, energielos

Corpus desk

Index DE-lasch · lasch · German

lasch · rank #52,237 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,237
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Langlebigkeit

Nearest frequency peer: Langlebigkeit (-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 „lasch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lasch
PropertyValue
Headwordlasch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[laʃ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#52,237
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „lasch“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.laschfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Langlebigkeit“ (#52,236), „Landmann“ (#52,235), „lateinamerikanische“ (#52,239). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „lasch“ bei #52,237. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lasch is uncommon German at frequency #52,237 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [laʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lasch, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 lasch, spelled L-A-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    ohne Spannkraft; schlaff, matt, energielos
  2. 2
    unklare, unpräzise und schwammige Ansichten
  3. 3
    fade, ungewürzt, schal

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sein Händedruck und sein Gang waren so lasch, dass man glaubte, er würde jeden Moment zusammenklappen.
  2. Der Unteroffizier war in seiner Haltung und in der Disziplin gegenüber seinen Untergebenen zu lasch eingestellt.

Synonyms

kraftloslaxschlaffschlappschwach

This word in other languages

limp(English)flojo(Español)laxiste(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 "lasch"?
"lasch" is spelled L-A-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [laʃ].
What does "lasch" mean?
As an adjective, "lasch" means: ohne Spannkraft; schlaff, matt, energielos
How do you pronounce "lasch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lasch" is [laʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lasch" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

letze#52,243kusch#52,226Lobes#52,253Kropf#52,219

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list