lest weiter
[ˌleːst ˈvaɪ̯tɐ]
The verdict
“lest weiter” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs weiterlesen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lest weiter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌleːst ˈvaɪ̯tɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lest weiter” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for lest weiter is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌleːst ˈvaɪ̯tɐ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for lest weiter in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is lest weiter, spelled L-E-S-T- -W-E-I-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs weiterlesen
- 22. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs weiterlesen
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.
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Using “lest weiter”
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- The one correct German spelling is L-E-S-T- -W-E-I-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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