lief heiß
[ˌliːf ˈhaɪ̯s]
The verdict
“lief heiß” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs heiß laufen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lief heiß |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌliːf ˈhaɪ̯s] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lief heiß” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for lief heiß is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌliːf ˈhaɪ̯s]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for lief heiß 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 lief heiß, spelled L-I-E-F- -H-E-I-S-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs heiß laufen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs heiß laufen
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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Using “lief heiß”
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- The one correct German spelling is L-I-E-F- -H-E-I-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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