Liebhaberei
[liːphaːbəˈʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Liebhaberei” is uncommon German (frequency #79,451 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,451
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Beschäftigung, der man nicht professionell, aber mit großer Freude nachgeht
Corpus desk
Index DE-liebhaberei · Liebhaberei · German
Liebhaberei · rank #79,451 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,451
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Lichtjahren
Nearest frequency peer: Lichtjahren (-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 „Liebhaberei“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- letztmalig
letztmalig
20,555 corpus weight
- Leuchtdioden
Leuchtdioden
20,554 corpus weight
- Lichtjahren
Lichtjahren
20,551 corpus weight
- Liebhaberei
Liebhaberei
20,550 corpus weight
- Lobgesang
Lobgesang
20,546 corpus weight
- Lockdown
Lockdown
20,545 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Liebhaberei“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Liebhaberei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [liːphaːbəˈʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #79,451 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Liebhaberei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Liebhaberei is uncommon German at frequency #79,451 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [liːphaːbəˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Beschäftigung, der man nicht professionell, aber mit großer Freude nachgeht".
Liebhaberei has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Liebhaberei, spelled L-I-E-B-H-A-B-E-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1eine Beschäftigung, der man nicht professionell, aber mit großer Freude nachgeht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Liebhaberei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es macht mir nichts aus, daß ich manchmal ob dieser Liebhaberei belächelt werde.“
„Außer diesem gab es ja bei uns nicht viel anderes mehr; etwas Schwärmertum, einige Liebhabereien und die Schule; weiter reichte unser Leben noch nicht.“
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).