Lehrknabe
[ˈleːɐ̯ˌknaːbə]
The verdict
“Lehrknabe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männliche Person, die einen Beruf erlernt
Corpus desk
Index DE-lehrknabe · Lehrknabe · German
Lehrknabe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Lehrknabe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈleːɐ̯ˌknaːbə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lehrknabe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lehrknabe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈleːɐ̯ˌknaːbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männliche Person, die einen Beruf erlernt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Lehrknabe in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Lehrknabe, spelled L-E-H-R-K-N-A-B-E.
Definition
- 1männliche Person, die einen Beruf erlernt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lehrknabe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Schuster vertraute seinem fleißigen Lehrknaben.
Antonyms
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.