leuchteten

[ˈlɔɪ̯çtətn̩]

/[ˈlɔɪ̯çtətn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“leuchteten” is uncommon German (frequency #58,053 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,053
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs leuchten

Corpus desk

Index DE-leuchteten · leuchteten · German

leuchteten · rank #58,053 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,053
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Leuna

Nearest frequency peer: Leuna (+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 „leuchteten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „leuchteten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for leuchteten
PropertyValue
Headwordleuchteten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈlɔɪ̯çtətn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#58,053
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „leuchteten“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).leuchtetenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Leuna“ (#58,054), „Liebenau“ (#58,055), „Liegestuhl“ (#58,056). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „leuchteten“ bei #58,053. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

leuchteten is uncommon German at frequency #58,053 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈlɔɪ̯çtətn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for leuchteten, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 leuchteten, spelled L-E-U-C-H-T-E-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs leuchten
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs leuchten
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs leuchten
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs leuchten

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "leuchteten"?
"leuchteten" is spelled L-E-U-C-H-T-E-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlɔɪ̯çtətn̩].
What does "leuchteten" mean?
As a verb, "leuchteten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs leuchten
How do you pronounce "leuchteten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "leuchteten" is [ˈlɔɪ̯çtətn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "leuchteten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Liegestuhl#58,056lukrativer#58,062Kühlwasser#58,043krassesten#58,033

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list