Läuferin
[ˈlɔɪ̯fəʁɪn]
The verdict
“Läuferin” is uncommon German (frequency #64,501 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,501
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die an einem Wettlauf teilnimmt, die sich laufend vorwärtsbewegt
Corpus desk
Index DE-lauferin · Läuferin · German
Läuferin · rank #64,501 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,501
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH lüftet
Nearest frequency peer: lüftet (+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 „Läuferin“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- lächelnde
lächelnde
35,503 corpus weight
- lächerliches
lächerliches
35,502 corpus weight
- Läuferin
Läuferin
35,500 corpus weight
- lüftet
lüftet
35,499 corpus weight
- Macheten
Macheten
35,498 corpus weight
- Magyaren
Magyaren
35,497 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Läuferin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Läuferin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɔɪ̯fəʁɪn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,501 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Läuferin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Läuferin is uncommon German at frequency #64,501 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlɔɪ̯fəʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Läuferin, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Läuferin, spelled L-Ä-U-F-E-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1Person, die an einem Wettlauf teilnimmt, die sich laufend vorwärtsbewegt
- 2Mitglied bei Mannschaftsspielen, steht zwischen Stürmer und Verteidiger, Mittelfeldspieler
- 3anderes Wort für Fußbotin
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Läuferin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie ist ein gute Läuferin.
„Die reizende Läuferin beeilte sich anfänglich nicht besonders, und ich dachte nicht daran, sie zu überholen.“
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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