lieb behaltene
[ˈliːp bəˌhaltənə]
The verdict
“lieb behaltene” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lieb behalten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lieb behaltene |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈliːp bəˌhaltənə] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lieb behaltene” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for lieb behaltene is 14 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈliːp bəˌhaltənə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for lieb behaltene 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 lieb behaltene, spelled L-I-E-B- -B-E-H-A-L-T-E-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lieb behalten
- 2Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lieb behalten
- 3Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lieb behalten
- 4Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lieb behalten
- 5Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lieb behalten
- 6Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lieb behalten
- 7Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lieb behalten
- 8Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lieb behalten
- 9Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lieb behalten
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-I-E-B- -B-E-H-A-L-T-E-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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