Lautgestalt
[ˈlaʊ̯tɡəˌʃtalt]
The verdict
“Lautgestalt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Folge von Sprachlauten einer beliebigen sprachlichen Äußerung
Corpus desk
Index DE-lautgestalt · Lautgestalt · German
Lautgestalt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Lautgestalt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaʊ̯tɡəˌʃtalt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lautgestalt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lautgestalt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlaʊ̯tɡəˌʃtalt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Folge von Sprachlauten einer beliebigen sprachlichen Äußerung".
No misspelling variants are generated for Lautgestalt in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Lautgestalt, spelled L-A-U-T-G-E-S-T-A-L-T.
Definition
- 1Folge von Sprachlauten einer beliebigen sprachlichen Äußerung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lautgestalt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der gesprochenen Sprache bestehen die Zeichen (Morpheme, Wörter,…) aus einer Lautgestalt und einer Bedeutung.
„Die bloße kurze Lautgestalt also von »con« - geschrieben sind es drei Buchstaben, gesprochen nur zwei Laute - fesselt das Kind ( in der literarisierten Erinnerung jedenfalls des Erwachsenen).“
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.