laugh

[lɑːf]

/[lɑːf]/ verb

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The verdict

“laugh” is uncommon German (frequency #67,438 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,438
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-laugh · laugh · German

laugh · rank #67,438 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,438
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Langobarden

Nearest frequency peer: Langobarden (-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 „laugh“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for laugh
PropertyValue
Headwordlaugh
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[lɑːf]
Letters5
Frequency rank#67,438
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „laugh“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).laughfällt 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: „Langobarden“ (#67,437), „landwirtschaftliches“ (#67,436), „LDL“ (#67,440). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „laugh“ bei #67,438. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

laugh is uncommon German at frequency #67,438 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [lɑːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "lachen".

Zero misspellings are on record for laugh in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is laugh, spelled L-A-U-G-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    lachen

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 "laugh"?
"laugh" is spelled L-A-U-G-H. The IPA pronunciation is [lɑːf].
What does "laugh" mean?
As a verb, "laugh" means: lachen
How do you pronounce "laugh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "laugh" is [lɑːf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "laugh" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Leich#67,446Lhasa#67,458kropp#67,409Luken#67,467

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list