legest offen

[ˌleːɡəst ˈɔfn̩]

/[ˌleːɡəst ˈɔfn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“legest offen” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — 2. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs offenlegen

Key facts for legest offen
PropertyValue
Headwordlegest offen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌleːɡəst ˈɔfn̩]
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “legest offen” sits in German frequency

legest offen falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for legest offen is 12 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌleːɡəst ˈɔfn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs offenlegen".

No misspelling variants are generated for legest offen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is legest offen, spelled L-E-G-E-S-T- -O-F-F-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    2. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs offenlegen

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "legest offen"?
"legest offen" is spelled L-E-G-E-S-T- -O-F-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌleːɡəst ˈɔfn̩].
What does "legest offen" mean?
As a verb, "legest offen" means: 2. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs offenlegen
How do you pronounce "legest offen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "legest offen" is [ˌleːɡəst ˈɔfn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "legest offen" come from?
"legest offen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “legest offen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is L-E-G-E-S-T- -O-F-F-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˌleːɡəst ˈɔfn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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