Lauscher
[ˈlaʊ̯ʃɐ]
The verdict
“Lauscher” is uncommon German (frequency #74,816 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,816
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (männliche^☆) Person, die heimlich andere Personen belauscht
Corpus desk
Index DE-lauscher · Lauscher · German
Lauscher · rank #74,816 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,816
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Lebensentwürfe
Nearest frequency peer: Lebensentwürfe (+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 „Lauscher“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Landschafts…
Landschaftsbilder
25,188 corpus weight
- lapis
lapis
25,187 corpus weight
- Lauscher
Lauscher
25,185 corpus weight
- Lebensentwü…
Lebensentwürfe
25,184 corpus weight
- Lebensglück
Lebensglück
25,183 corpus weight
- Lebensmitte…
Lebensmittelvergiftung
25,182 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Lauscher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lauscher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaʊ̯ʃɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,816 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lauscher“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lauscher is uncommon German at frequency #74,816 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlaʊ̯ʃɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Lauscher in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Lauscher, spelled L-A-U-S-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1(männliche^☆) Person, die heimlich andere Personen belauscht
- 2äußeres Ohr bei wilden Huftieren und beim Haarwild
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lauscher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Den Lauscher hatte er nicht bemerkt, wohl gar nicht für möglich gehalten, daß ein solcher in der Nähe sein könnte.“
„Große Lauscher setzen unsere Füchse oder alle Wüstentiere überhaupt in den Stand, auch das geringste Geräusch zu vernehmen.“
Synonyms
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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