Leibwache
[ˈlaɪ̯pˌvaxə]
The verdict
“Leibwache” is uncommon German (frequency #71,574 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,574
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Truppe oder Person, die mit dem Schutz einer bestimmten Person beauftragt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-leibwache · Leibwache · German
Leibwache · rank #71,574 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,574
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Lehrbetrieb
Nearest frequency peer: Lehrbetrieb (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Leibwache“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Lehranstalt…
Lehranstalten
28,429 corpus weight
- Lehrbetrieb
Lehrbetrieb
28,428 corpus weight
- Leibwache
Leibwache
28,427 corpus weight
- Leichenwagen
Leichenwagen
28,426 corpus weight
- Leichnams
Leichnams
28,425 corpus weight
- Leistungsge…
Leistungsgesellschaft
28,423 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Leibwache“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leibwache |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪ̯pˌvaxə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,574 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Leibwache“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Leibwache is uncommon German at frequency #71,574 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlaɪ̯pˌvaxə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Truppe oder Person, die mit dem Schutz einer bestimmten Person beauftragt ist".
No misspelling variants are generated for Leibwache in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Leibwache, spelled L-E-I-B-W-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Truppe oder Person, die mit dem Schutz einer bestimmten Person beauftragt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Leibwache appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wir hörten dann auch, wie der Schaffner während der Nacht wie eine Leibwache vor unserer Tür kämpfte, um einen Kontrolleur oder was es sonst war, der zu uns hereinwollte, am Eintritt zu hindern.“
„Des Weiteren würde der Schah ihn sicherlich damit beauftragen, in den Reihen seiner unfähigen Leibwache aufzuräumen.“
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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.
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