lawsuit
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The verdict
“lawsuit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein zivilrechtliches Verfahren zur Durchsetzung materieller Rechte und Ansprüche des Klägers oder zur Feststellung bestimmter Rechtsverhältnisse
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Index DE-lawsuit · lawsuit · German
lawsuit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | lawsuit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „lawsuit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
lawsuit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein zivilrechtliches Verfahren zur Durchsetzung materieller Rechte und Ansprüche des Klägers oder zur Feststellung bestimmter Rechtsverhältnisse".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lawsuit, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is lawsuit, spelled L-A-W-S-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1ein zivilrechtliches Verfahren zur Durchsetzung materieller Rechte und Ansprüche des Klägers oder zur Feststellung bestimmter Rechtsverhältnisse
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lawsuit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"A lawsuit is a civil action brought in a court of law in which a plaintiff, a party who claims to have incurred loss as a result of a defendant's actions, demands a legal or equitable remedy."
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.