Lawinen

[laˈviːnən]

/[laˈviːnən]/ noun

The verdict

“Lawinen” is uncommon German (frequency #53,857 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,857
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Lawine

Corpus desk

Index DE-lawinen · Lawinen · German

Lawinen · rank #53,857 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,857
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lastkraftwagen

Nearest frequency peer: Lastkraftwagen (-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 „Lawinen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Lawinen
PropertyValue
HeadwordLawinen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[laˈviːnən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,857
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Lawinen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Lawinenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Lastkraftwagen“ (#53,856), „lebensbedrohlichen“ (#53,858), „Langensalza“ (#53,855). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Lawinen“ bei #53,857. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lawinen is uncommon German at frequency #53,857 among 2,640 “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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list