lime

[laɪm]

/[laɪm]/ noun

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The verdict

“lime” is uncommon German (frequency #58,971 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,971
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-lime · lime · German

lime · rank #58,971 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,971
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH liebevolles

Nearest frequency peer: liebevolles (-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 „lime“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lime
PropertyValue
Headwordlime
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[laɪm]
Letters4
Frequency rank#58,971
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „lime“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „liebevolles“ (#58,970), „Liquids“ (#58,974), „Literaturen“ (#58,975). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „lime“ bei #58,971. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lime is uncommon German at frequency #58,971 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [laɪm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

lime has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is lime, spelled L-I-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kalk
  2. 2
    Limette, Limone
  3. 3
    Linde
  4. 4
    Limettengrün

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 "lime"?
"lime" is spelled L-I-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [laɪm].
What does "lime" mean?
As a noun, "lime" means: Kalk
How do you pronounce "lime"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lime" is [laɪm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lime" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

knew#58,929oled#59,049Omis#59,050orla#59,053

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list