Leitgedanke
[ˈlaɪ̯tɡəˌdaŋkə]
The verdict
“Leitgedanke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptthema, an dem sich Nachfolgendes ausrichtet
Corpus desk
Index DE-leitgedanke · Leitgedanke · German
Leitgedanke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leitgedanke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪ̯tɡəˌdaŋkə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Leitgedanke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Leitgedanke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlaɪ̯tɡəˌdaŋkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptthema, an dem sich Nachfolgendes ausrichtet".
Leitgedanke has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Leitgedanke, spelled L-E-I-T-G-E-D-A-N-K-E.
Definition
- 1Hauptthema, an dem sich Nachfolgendes ausrichtet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Leitgedanke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Und der Leitgedanke dieses außerordentlichen Buchs ist, daß es gegen künftige Katastrophen nur eine Rettung gibt: Die Bewahrung des geistigen Erbes.“
„Mein Leitgedanke ist es, gesunde Lebensmittel zu verarbeiten und ohne großen Aufwand und mit wenig Zutaten etwas Leckeres auf den Tisch zu zaubern.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.