Leutnants zur See
[ˈlɔɪ̯tnant͡s t͡suːɐ̯ ˈzeː]
The verdict
“Leutnants zur See” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Leutnant zur See
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leutnants zur See |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɔɪ̯tnant͡s t͡suːɐ̯ ˈzeː] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Leutnants zur See” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Leutnants zur See is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlɔɪ̯tnant͡s t͡suːɐ̯ ˈzeː]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for Leutnants zur See 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 Leutnants zur See, spelled L-E-U-T-N-A-N-T-S- -Z-U-R- -S-E-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Leutnant zur See
- 2Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Leutnant zur See
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Leutnant zur See
- 4Dativ Plural des Substantivs Leutnant zur See
- 5Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Leutnant zur See
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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- The one correct German spelling is L-E-U-T-N-A-N-T-S- -Z-U-R- -S-E-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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