lier

[lje]

/[lje]/ verb

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The verdict

“lier” is uncommon German (frequency #93,231 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,231
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - anschließen

Corpus desk

Index DE-lier · lier · German

lier · rank #93,231 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,231
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Liebesbeweis

Nearest frequency peer: Liebesbeweis (-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 „lier“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „lier“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lier
PropertyValue
Headwordlier
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[lje]
Letters4
Frequency rank#93,231
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „lier“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).lierfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Liebesbeweis“ (#93,230), „Limbus“ (#93,232), „Lewa“ (#93,229). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „lier“ bei #93,231. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lier is uncommon German at frequency #93,231 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [lje]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "anschließen".

lier doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is lier, spelled L-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    anschließen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lier"?
"lier" is spelled L-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [lje].
What does "lier" mean?
As a verb, "lier" means: anschließen
How do you pronounce "lier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lier" is [lje]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lier" come from?
"lier" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lewa#93,229Kube#93,185kone#93,164kona#93,162

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list