laughing

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The verdict

“laughing” is uncommon German (frequency #98,742 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,742
frequency rank, German
30,953
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs laugh

Key facts for laughing
PropertyValue
Headwordlaughing
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#98,742
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “laughing” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). laughing lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

laughing is uncommon German at frequency #98,742 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs laugh".

laughing has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 laughing, spelled L-A-U-G-H-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs laugh

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 "laughing"?
"laughing" is spelled L-A-U-G-H-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "laughing" mean?
As a verb, "laughing" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs laugh
How do you pronounce "laughing"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "laughing" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "laughing" come from?
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Using “laughing”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is L-A-U-G-H-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list