Leichenwagen
[ˈlaɪ̯çn̩ˌvaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“Leichenwagen” is uncommon German (frequency #71,575 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,575
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fahrzeug, das dazu dient, Tote zu transportieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-leichenwagen · Leichenwagen · German
Leichenwagen · rank #71,575 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,575
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Leibwache
Nearest frequency peer: Leibwache (-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 „Leichenwagen“
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 „Leichenwagen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leichenwagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪ̯çn̩ˌvaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #71,575 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Leichenwagen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Leichenwagen is uncommon German at frequency #71,575 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlaɪ̯çn̩ˌvaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fahrzeug, das dazu dient, Tote zu transportieren".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Leichenwagen, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Leichenwagen, spelled L-E-I-C-H-E-N-W-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Fahrzeug, das dazu dient, Tote zu transportieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Leichenwagen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Leichenwagen sind meist schwarz und länglich.
„Jedes Mal säumen Hundertausende die Straßen, über die der Konvoi der Leichenwagen fährt.“
This word in other languages
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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