Lichtbild
[ˈlɪçtˌbɪlt]
The verdict
“Lichtbild” is uncommon German (frequency #61,708 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,708
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fotografie, die der Identifikation einer Person auf offiziellen Dokumenten dienen soll
Corpus desk
Index DE-lichtbild · Lichtbild · German
Lichtbild · rank #61,708 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,708
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH license
Nearest frequency peer: license (-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 „Lichtbild“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Liberalität
Liberalität
38,296 corpus weight
- libertäre
libertäre
38,295 corpus weight
- license
license
38,294 corpus weight
- Lichtbild
Lichtbild
38,293 corpus weight
- Liebender
Liebender
38,292 corpus weight
- Liebherr
Liebherr
38,291 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Lichtbild“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lichtbild |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɪçtˌbɪlt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,708 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lichtbild“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lichtbild is uncommon German at frequency #61,708 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlɪçtˌbɪlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Lichtbild in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Lichtbild, spelled L-I-C-H-T-B-I-L-D.
Definition
- 1Fotografie, die der Identifikation einer Person auf offiziellen Dokumenten dienen soll
- 2Bild, das durch ein fotografisches Verfahren hergestellt wurde
- 3mit Techniken der Fotografie hergestelltes Bild (in Abgrenzung zu einem durch Malerei hergestelltem Bild)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lichtbild appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Für die Beantragung eines Personalausweises benötigt man ein Lichtbild.
Der Fotograf stellte ein Lichtbild der Kirche her.
Antonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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