Limbus
[ˈlɪmbʊs]
The verdict
“Limbus” is uncommon German (frequency #93,232 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,232
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gedachter jenseitiger Ort, an dem sich Seelen aufhalten, die ohne eigenes Verschulden (noch) vom Himmel ausgeschlossen sind
Corpus desk
Index DE-limbus · Limbus · German
Limbus · rank #93,232 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,232
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH lier
Nearest frequency peer: lier (-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 „Limbus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Lewa
Lewa
6,772 corpus weight
- Liebesbeweis
Liebesbeweis
6,771 corpus weight
- lier
lier
6,770 corpus weight
- Limbus
Limbus
6,769 corpus weight
- Lindow
Lindow
6,768 corpus weight
- Lisbon
Lisbon
6,767 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Limbus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Limbus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɪmbʊs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #93,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Limbus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Limbus is uncommon German at frequency #93,232 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlɪmbʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Limbus in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Limbus, spelled L-I-M-B-U-S.
Definition
- 1gedachter jenseitiger Ort, an dem sich Seelen aufhalten, die ohne eigenes Verschulden (noch) vom Himmel ausgeschlossen sind
- 2Teil des Auges
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Limbus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Limbus war nie Teil der kirchlichen Lehre, sondern gilt lediglich als theologische Spekulation, die sich aus den Dogmen der Kirche zu Themen wie Sünde, Erbsünde, Erlösung und Taufe ergibt.“
„Während das linke Auge fixiert, wird für das rechte Auge die Position des nasalen Limbus an der Millimeterskala abgelesen“
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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