leiwand
[ˈlaɪ̯vant]
The verdict
“leiwand” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großartig, hervorragend, sehr gut, gefallend
Corpus desk
Index DE-leiwand · leiwand · German
leiwand · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | leiwand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪ̯vant] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „leiwand“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
leiwand is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈlaɪ̯vant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "großartig, hervorragend, sehr gut, gefallend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for leiwand, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is leiwand, spelled L-E-I-W-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1großartig, hervorragend, sehr gut, gefallend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how leiwand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„‚Schifoan ist des Leiwandste, was ma si nur vorstö'n kann‘ (Skifahren ist das Schönste, was man sich nur vorstellen kann), heißt es in einem Lied des österreichischen Liedermachers Wolfgang Ambros.“
Österreich: Des is ur Leiwand / bundes- bzw. neudeutsch: „Das ist ganz toll“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.