lies gegen
[ˌliːs ˈɡeːɡn̩]
The verdict
“lies gegen” 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gegenlesen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lies gegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌliːs ˈɡeːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lies gegen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for lies gegen is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌliːs ˈɡeːɡn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gegenlesen".
No misspelling variants are generated for lies gegen 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 lies gegen, spelled L-I-E-S- -G-E-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gegenlesen
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 “lies gegen”
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- The one correct German spelling is L-I-E-S- -G-E-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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