liegen bleiben
[ˈliːɡn̩ ˌblaɪ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“liegen bleiben” 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - im Bett bleiben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liegen bleiben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈliːɡn̩ ˌblaɪ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “liegen bleiben” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for liegen bleiben is 14 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈliːɡn̩ ˌblaɪ̯bn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for liegen bleiben 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 liegen bleiben, spelled L-I-E-G-E-N- -B-L-E-I-B-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1im Bett bleiben
- 2im Regal eines Supermarktes / Kaufhauses bleiben; nicht verkauft werden
- 3zurückgelassen werden, vergessen werden
- 4den Boden für längere Zeit bedecken, beispielsweise Schnee
- 5auf dem Boden bleiben (Personen), beispielsweise nach einem Unfall
- 6eine Panne haben, nicht mehr weiterfahren können
- 7nicht bearbeitet werden, nicht erledigt werden, nicht fertiggestellt werden
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “liegen bleiben”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-I-E-G-E-N- -B-L-E-I-B-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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