Lehnswesen
German, noun/ˈleːnsˌveːzən/
Lehnswesen is spelled L-E-H-N-S-W-E-S-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 200,239th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lehnswesen is a German neuter noun meaning “feudal system” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Lehnswesen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterfeudal system
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Lehnswesen
- Lehnswesens genitive
- Lehenswesen alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lehnswesen?
- /ˈleːnsˌveːzən/
- [ˈleːnsˌveːzn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Lehnswesen in German?
Lehnswesen appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).