Lebenskünstler

[ˈleːbn̩sˌkʏnstlɐ]

/[ˈleːbn̩sˌkʏnstlɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Lebenskünstler” is uncommon German (frequency #94,543 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,543
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die es schafft, in ihrem Leben möglichst gute Lösungen für sich selbst zu finden

Corpus desk

Index DE-lebenskunstler · Lebenskünstler · German

Lebenskünstler · rank #94,543 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,543
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lebensmittelv…

Nearest frequency peer: Lebensmittelversorgung (+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 „Lebenskünstler“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Lebenskünstler
PropertyValue
HeadwordLebenskünstler
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈleːbn̩sˌkʏnstlɐ]
Letters14
Frequency rank#94,543
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Lebenskünstler“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Lebensmittelversorgung“ (#94,544), „Laufrichtung“ (#94,541), „latenter“ (#94,540). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Lebenskünstler“ bei #94,543. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lebenskünstler is uncommon German at frequency #94,543 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈleːbn̩sˌkʏnstlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die es schafft, in ihrem Leben möglichst gute Lösungen für sich selbst zu finden".

No misspelling variants are generated for Lebenskünstler in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Lebenskünstler, spelled L-E-B-E-N-S-K-Ü-N-S-T-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die es schafft, in ihrem Leben möglichst gute Lösungen für sich selbst zu finden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Lebenskünstler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Der Draufgänger und Lebenskünstler wurde unter ihrer Fuchtel – und der ihrer Mutter – offenbar zum zahmen Pantoffelhelden.“
  2. „Das Spiel des Lebenskünstlers und Liebesartisten ging zu Ende, jetzt musste er sich der Realität des Lebens und der Liebe stellen.“

This word in other languages

bon vivant(Français)

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 "Lebenskünstler"?
"Lebenskünstler" is spelled L-E-B-E-N-S-K-Ü-N-S-T-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈleːbn̩sˌkʏnstlɐ].
What does "Lebenskünstler" mean?
As a noun, "Lebenskünstler" means: Person, die es schafft, in ihrem Leben möglichst gute Lösungen für sich selbst zu finden
How do you pronounce "Lebenskünstler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lebenskünstler" is [ˈleːbn̩sˌkʏnstlɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lebenskünstler" come from?
"Lebenskünstler" 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 "Lebenskünstler", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list