Lichtmaschine
[ˈlɪçtmaˌʃiːnə]
The verdict
“Lichtmaschine” is uncommon German (frequency #83,027 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,027
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Generator zur Umwandlung von Bewegungsenergie in elektrische Energie, die hauptsächlich zur Lichterzeugung benutzt wird, aber auch andere elektrische Komponenten mit Strom versorgt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lichtmaschine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɪçtmaˌʃiːnə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #83,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lichtmaschine” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lichtmaschine is uncommon German at frequency #83,027 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlɪçtmaˌʃiːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Generator zur Umwandlung von Bewegungsenergie in elektrische Energie, die hauptsächlich zur Lichterzeugung benutzt wird, aber auch andere elektrische Komponenten mit Strom versorgt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Lichtmaschine in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Lichtmaschine, spelled L-I-C-H-T-M-A-S-C-H-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1ein Generator zur Umwandlung von Bewegungsenergie in elektrische Energie, die hauptsächlich zur Lichterzeugung benutzt wird, aber auch andere elektrische Komponenten mit Strom versorgt
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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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Using “Lichtmaschine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-I-C-H-T-M-A-S-C-H-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.