lebenserfahren
[ˈleːbn̩sʔɛɐ̯ˌfaːʁən]
The verdict
“lebenserfahren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - reich an Erfahrungen über das Leben
Corpus desk
Index DE-lebenserfahren · lebenserfahren · German
lebenserfahren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | lebenserfahren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈleːbn̩sʔɛɐ̯ˌfaːʁən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “lebenserfahren” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
lebenserfahren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈleːbn̩sʔɛɐ̯ˌfaːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "reich an Erfahrungen über das Leben".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lebenserfahren, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is lebenserfahren, spelled L-E-B-E-N-S-E-R-F-A-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1reich an Erfahrungen über das Leben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lebenserfahren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So lebenserfahren wie sie war, konnte sie die Situation schnell erfassen und sofort sagen, was jetzt zu tun war.
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.
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