Laudanum
[laʊ̯ˈdaːnʊm]
The verdict
“Laudanum” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - „(als Beruhigungs- und Schmerzmittel verwendete) Tinktur aus Opium“
Corpus desk
Index DE-laudanum · Laudanum · German
Laudanum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Laudanum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [laʊ̯ˈdaːnʊm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Laudanum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Laudanum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [laʊ̯ˈdaːnʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "„(als Beruhigungs- und Schmerzmittel verwendete) Tinktur aus Opium“".
No misspelling variants are generated for Laudanum in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Laudanum, spelled L-A-U-D-A-N-U-M.
Definition
- 1„(als Beruhigungs- und Schmerzmittel verwendete) Tinktur aus Opium“
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Laudanum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das meiste Geld verdiente er jedoch mit der Herstellung und dem Export von Arzneimitteln und Chemikalien, von Quecksilbersublimat für die Behandlung von Syphilisgeschwüren bis zu Laudanum und anderen Opiaten.“
„Ich sehe den Hinterhof, wie er während des langen Winters war, die schwarzen Äste der Ulmen mit Eis verbrämt, der Boden hart und kahl, der Himmel mit Zink und Laudanum bekleckst.“
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.