Lawinen

[laˈviːnən]

/[laˈviːnən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Lawinen” is uncommon German (frequency #53,857 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,857
frequency rank, German
30,953
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Lawine

Key facts for Lawinen
PropertyValue
HeadwordLawinen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[laˈviːnən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,857
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Lawinen” 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). Lawinen lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

Lawinen is uncommon German at frequency #53,857 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [laˈviːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Lawinen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Lawinen, spelled L-A-W-I-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Lawine
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Lawine
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Lawine
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Lawine

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 "Lawinen"?
"Lawinen" is spelled L-A-W-I-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [laˈviːnən].
What does "Lawinen" mean?
As a noun, "Lawinen" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Lawine
How do you pronounce "Lawinen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lawinen" is [laˈviːnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lawinen" come from?
"Lawinen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Lawinen”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is L-A-W-I-N-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [laˈviːnən] (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

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list