Leerwort
[ˈleːɐ̯ˌvɔʁt]
The verdict
“Leerwort” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wort, das eine grammatische, aber keine eigenständige lexikalische Bedeutung hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-leerwort · Leerwort · German
Leerwort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Leerwort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈleːɐ̯ˌvɔʁt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Leerwort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Leerwort is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈleːɐ̯ˌvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wort, das eine grammatische, aber keine eigenständige lexikalische Bedeutung hat".
No misspelling variants are generated for Leerwort in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 Leerwort, spelled L-E-E-R-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Wort, das eine grammatische, aber keine eigenständige lexikalische Bedeutung hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Leerwort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er unterscheidet in zwei Hauptwortarten: Vollwörter und Leerwörter.“
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.