leur

[lœʁ]

/[lœʁ]/ pron

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The verdict

“leur” is uncommon German (frequency #91,889 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,889
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ihnen

Corpus desk

Index DE-leur · leur · German

leur · rank #91,889 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,889
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Leverkusens

Nearest frequency peer: Leverkusens (+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 „leur“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for leur
PropertyValue
Headwordleur
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPronoun
IPA[lœʁ]
Letters4
Frequency rank#91,889
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „leur“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).leurfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Leverkusens“ (#91,890), „Leonding“ (#91,887), „Lichtbogen“ (#91,891). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „leur“ bei #91,889. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

leur is uncommon German at frequency #91,889 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed [lœʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ihnen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for leur in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is leur, spelled L-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    ihnen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how leur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ça leur a fait plaisir.

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 "leur"?
"leur" is spelled L-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is [lœʁ].
What does "leur" mean?
As a pronoun, "leur" means: ihnen
How do you pronounce "leur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "leur" is [lœʁ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "leur" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kilt#91,810nerf#91,997IfSG#91,761IAAF#91,759

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list