Lederkugel
[ˈleːdɐˌkuːɡl̩]
The verdict
“Lederkugel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spielball bei einer Ballsportart
Corpus desk
Index DE-lederkugel · Lederkugel · German
Lederkugel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Lederkugel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈleːdɐˌkuːɡl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lederkugel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lederkugel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈleːdɐˌkuːɡl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spielball bei einer Ballsportart".
Lederkugel has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Lederkugel, spelled L-E-D-E-R-K-U-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1Spielball bei einer Ballsportart
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lederkugel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bis zum 16. Lebensjahr spielte Maki noch zweigleisig Eishockey und Fußball, bevor er sich für die Lederkugel entschied.“
This word in other languages
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.