lauwarm

[ˈlaʊ̯vaʁm]

/[ˈlaʊ̯vaʁm]/ adj

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The verdict

“lauwarm” is uncommon German (frequency #55,504 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,504
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weder richtig warm noch richtig kalt

Corpus desk

Index DE-lauwarm · lauwarm · German

lauwarm · rank #55,504 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,504
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Laupheim

Nearest frequency peer: Laupheim (-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 „lauwarm“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lauwarm
PropertyValue
Headwordlauwarm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈlaʊ̯vaʁm]
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,504
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „lauwarm“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).lauwarmfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Laupheim“ (#55,503), „leading“ (#55,505), „Laufes“ (#55,502). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „lauwarm“ bei #55,504. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lauwarm is uncommon German at frequency #55,504 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈlaʊ̯vaʁm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for lauwarm 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.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 lauwarm, spelled L-A-U-W-A-R-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    weder richtig warm noch richtig kalt
  2. 2
    halbherzig, unentschlossen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how lauwarm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Das Wasser meiner Dusche ist nur lauwarm.
  2. „Sechs Wochen lang saß ich in lauwarmen Stärkebädern und fühlte mich elend, gedemütigt und dumm.“

Synonyms

lauhandwarmpipiwarmüberschlagenverschlagen

Antonyms

heißkalt

This word in other languages

lukewarm(English)tibio(Español)tiède(Français)morno(Português)

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 "lauwarm"?
"lauwarm" is spelled L-A-U-W-A-R-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlaʊ̯vaʁm].
What does "lauwarm" mean?
As an adjective, "lauwarm" means: weder richtig warm noch richtig kalt
How do you pronounce "lauwarm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lauwarm" is [ˈlaʊ̯vaʁm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

leading#55,505leidige#55,510Maintal#55,529makaber#55,531

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list