Lichtgestalt
[ˈlɪçtɡəˌʃtalt]
The verdict
“Lichtgestalt” is uncommon German (frequency #77,021 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,021
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - angesehene Person, die das Vorbild vieler ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-lichtgestalt · Lichtgestalt · German
Lichtgestalt · rank #77,021 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,021
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH libraries
Nearest frequency peer: libraries (-2 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 „Lichtgestalt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Leihwagen
Leihwagen
22,984 corpus weight
- Leutnants
Leutnants
22,983 corpus weight
- libraries
libraries
22,982 corpus weight
- Lichtgestalt
Lichtgestalt
22,980 corpus weight
- Liesing
Liesing
22,978 corpus weight
- Lilienfeld
Lilienfeld
22,977 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Lichtgestalt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lichtgestalt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɪçtɡəˌʃtalt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #77,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lichtgestalt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lichtgestalt is uncommon German at frequency #77,021 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlɪçtɡəˌʃtalt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "angesehene Person, die das Vorbild vieler ist".
Lichtgestalt has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Lichtgestalt, spelled L-I-C-H-T-G-E-S-T-A-L-T.
Definition
- 1angesehene Person, die das Vorbild vieler ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lichtgestalt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der neue Bundespräsident kommt vielen als eine neue Lichtgestalt vor.
Jean Moulin war einer der bedeutendsten französischen Widerstandskämpfer gegen Nazi-Deutschland. […] Er gilt als die Lichtgestalt der Résistance - auch, weil er selbst unter der Gestapo-Folter seine Kameraden nicht verriet.
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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