Lid

[liːt]

/[liːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Lid” is uncommon German (frequency #80,623 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,623
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Haut zum Bedecken der Augen bei höheren Tieren und dem Menschen

Corpus desk

Index DE-lid · Lid · German

Lid · rank #80,623 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,623
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH leucht

Nearest frequency peer: leucht (-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 „Lid“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Lid
PropertyValue
HeadwordLid
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[liːt]
Letters3
Frequency rank#80,623
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Lid“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Lidfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „leucht“ (#80,622), „Liebesgedichte“ (#80,624), „lenkten“ (#80,621). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Lid“ bei #80,623. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lid is uncommon German at frequency #80,623 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [liːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Haut zum Bedecken der Augen bei höheren Tieren und dem Menschen".

No misspelling variants are generated for Lid in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Lid, spelled L-I-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Haut zum Bedecken der Augen bei höheren Tieren und dem Menschen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nur am Zucken ihrer Lider konnte man ihre Aufregung erkennen.
  2. „Sein Mund bewegte sich, und unter den geschlossenen Lidern rasten die Pupillen.“

Synonyms

AugenlidAugendeckel

This word in other languages

eyelid(English)párpado(Español)paupière(Français)pálpebra(Português)

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 "Lid"?
"Lid" is spelled L-I-D. The IPA pronunciation is [liːt].
What does "Lid" mean?
As a noun, "Lid" means: Haut zum Bedecken der Augen bei höheren Tieren und dem Menschen
How do you pronounce "Lid"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lid" is [liːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lid" come from?
"Lid" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

meo#80,673moa#80,690mou#80,699MTA#80,700

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list