Leerverkäufer
German, noun/ˈleːɐ̯fɛɐ̯ˌkɔɪ̯fɐ/
Leerverkäufer is spelled L-E-E-R-V-E-R-K-Ä-U-F-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 241,486th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leerverkäufer is a German masculine noun meaning “short seller” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der einen Leerverkauf durchführt”.
What does Leerverkäufer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshort seller
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der einen Leerverkauf durchführt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Leerverkäufer
- Leerverkäufers genitive
- Leerverkäuferin feminine
- Leerverkäufern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Leerverkäufer?
- /ˈleːɐ̯fɛɐ̯ˌkɔɪ̯fɐ/
- [ˈleːɐ̯fɛɐ̯ˌkɔɪ̯fɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Leerverkäufer in German?
Leerverkäufer appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).