Lehrmeinung

[ˈleːɐ̯ˌmaɪ̯nʊŋ]

/[ˈleːɐ̯ˌmaɪ̯nʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Lehrmeinung” is uncommon German (frequency #74,823 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,823
frequency rank, German
30,953
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - innerhalb einer Wissenschaft oder Religion anerkannte Ansicht

Key facts for Lehrmeinung
PropertyValue
HeadwordLehrmeinung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈleːɐ̯ˌmaɪ̯nʊŋ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#74,823
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Lehrmeinung” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Lehrmeinung lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lehrmeinung is uncommon German at frequency #74,823 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈleːɐ̯ˌmaɪ̯nʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "innerhalb einer Wissenschaft oder Religion anerkannte Ansicht".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Lehrmeinung, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Lehrmeinung, spelled L-E-H-R-M-E-I-N-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    innerhalb einer Wissenschaft oder Religion anerkannte Ansicht

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lehrmeinung"?
"Lehrmeinung" is spelled L-E-H-R-M-E-I-N-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈleːɐ̯ˌmaɪ̯nʊŋ].
What does "Lehrmeinung" mean?
As a noun, "Lehrmeinung" means: innerhalb einer Wissenschaft oder Religion anerkannte Ansicht
How do you pronounce "Lehrmeinung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lehrmeinung" is [ˈleːɐ̯ˌmaɪ̯nʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lehrmeinung" come from?
"Lehrmeinung" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Lehrmeinung”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is L-E-H-R-M-E-I-N-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈleːɐ̯ˌmaɪ̯nʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list