liefern

/[ˈliːfɐn]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,455

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

liefern is aGermanverb. It means: Ware zum Käufer transportieren Pronounced [ˈliːfɐn]. It ranks #2,455 in German word frequency. Often confused with liegen and Litern.

Key facts for liefern
PropertyValue
Headwordliefern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈliːfɐn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,455
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of liefern in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for liefern is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈliːfɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,455 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for liefern, with forms such as "ilefern", "leifern", and "lieefrn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "liegen", "Litern", "liefert", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 liefern, spelled L-I-E-F-E-R-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ware zum Käufer transportieren
  2. 2
    Ertrag liefern: ein gewünschtes Naturprodukt erzeugen
  3. 3
    (Informationen) recherchieren und weitergeben
  4. 4
    zusammen mit Substantiven, die eine Handlung ausdrücken: die Handlung mit Bezug auf den Zuschauer, Hörer oder Leser ausführen
  5. 5
    kämpfen
  6. 6
    ein (angekündigtes) Vorhaben in die Tat umsetzen; eine erwünschte Leistung erbringen; den Erwartungen, die an einen selbst von dritter Seite gestellt werden, entsprechen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ilefern,leifern,lieefrn,liefenr,liefernn,lieferrn,lieffern,liefren,lifeern,lliefern

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for liefern

Misspelling Variants of "liefern"

ilefern7leifern7lieefrn7liefenr7liefernn8lieferrn8lieffern8liefren7
Misspelling Variants of "liefern"

Frequency rank: #2,455 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "liefern"?
"liefern" is spelled L-I-E-F-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈliːfɐn].
What does "liefern" mean?
As a verb, "liefern" means: Ware zum Käufer transportieren
What words are commonly confused with "liefern"?
"liefern" is commonly confused with "liegen", "Litern", "liefert". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "liefern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "liefern" is [ˈliːfɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "liefern" come from?
"liefern" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.