lauwarm
[ˈlaʊ̯vaʁm]
The verdict
“lauwarm” is an uncommon German word, ranked #55,504 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #55,504
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weder richtig warm noch richtig kalt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lauwarm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈlaʊ̯vaʁm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lauwarm” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for lauwarm is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlaʊ̯vaʁm]. Corpus data places it at rank #55,504 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1weder richtig warm noch richtig kalt
- 2halbherzig, unentschlossen
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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Using “lauwarm”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-A-U-W-A-R-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlaʊ̯vaʁm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.