Leihwagen
[ˈlaɪ̯ˌvaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“Leihwagen” is uncommon German (frequency #77,017 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,017
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kraftfahrzeug, das man gegen eine Gebühr vorübergehend als Selbstfahrer nutzen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-leihwagen · Leihwagen · German
Leihwagen · rank #77,017 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,017
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH leichtgläubig
Nearest frequency peer: leichtgläubig (-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 „Leihwagen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Laugen
Laugen
22,988 corpus weight
- Lebach
Lebach
22,987 corpus weight
- leichtgläub…
leichtgläubig
22,985 corpus weight
- Leihwagen
Leihwagen
22,984 corpus weight
- Leutnants
Leutnants
22,983 corpus weight
- libraries
libraries
22,982 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Leihwagen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leihwagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪ̯ˌvaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,017 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Leihwagen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Leihwagen is uncommon German at frequency #77,017 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlaɪ̯ˌvaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kraftfahrzeug, das man gegen eine Gebühr vorübergehend als Selbstfahrer nutzen kann".
Leihwagen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Leihwagen, spelled L-E-I-H-W-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Kraftfahrzeug, das man gegen eine Gebühr vorübergehend als Selbstfahrer nutzen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Leihwagen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn das eigene Fahrzeug in die Werkstatt muss, braucht man womöglich einen Leihwagen.
„Dabei fährt sie gerade mit einem weißen Leihwagen vorbei, weil ihr Golf in der Werkstatt ist.“
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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