Leichenbestatter
German, noun/ˈlaɪ̯çən.bəˈʃtatɐ/
Leichenbestatter is spelled L-E-I-C-H-E-N-B-E-S-T-A-T-T-E-R (16 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 289,823rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leichenbestatter is a German masculine noun meaning “mortician, undertaker (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Unternehmer, der verstorbene Personen beisetzt”.
What does Leichenbestatter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemortician, undertaker (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unternehmer, der verstorbene Personen beisetzt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Leichenbestatter
- Leichenbestatters genitive
- Leichenbestatterin feminine
- Leichenbestattern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Leichenbestatter?
- Germany /ˈlaɪ̯çən.bəˈʃtatɐ/
- /ˈlaɪ̯çɛn.beˈʃtatɐ/
- [ˈlaɛ̯-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Leichenbestatter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Leichenbestatter in German?
Leichenbestatter appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).