Lindwurm
[ˈlɪntˌvʊʁm]
The verdict
“Lindwurm” is uncommon German (frequency #97,325 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,325
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Drache, schlangenähnliches Fabeltier ohne Flügel
Corpus desk
Index DE-lindwurm · Lindwurm · German
Lindwurm · rank #97,325 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,325
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Lindners
Nearest frequency peer: Lindners (-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 „Lindwurm“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- limitierter
limitierter
2,679 corpus weight
- Lincolns
Lincolns
2,678 corpus weight
- Lindners
Lindners
2,677 corpus weight
- Lindwurm
Lindwurm
2,676 corpus weight
- Linienbusse
Linienbusse
2,675 corpus weight
- Linsensuppe
Linsensuppe
2,674 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Lindwurm“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lindwurm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɪntˌvʊʁm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,325 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lindwurm“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lindwurm is uncommon German at frequency #97,325 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlɪntˌvʊʁm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Drache, schlangenähnliches Fabeltier ohne Flügel".
Lindwurm doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Lindwurm, spelled L-I-N-D-W-U-R-M.
Definition
- 1Drache, schlangenähnliches Fabeltier ohne Flügel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lindwurm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fafnir ist der Lindwurm, der im Nibelungenlied vorkommt.
„Seit einigen Jahren bastelte Kanther an seinem Mythos von der Stadt als vieltausendköpfiges Ungeheuer, einem Lindwurm, der nur durch Schwert und Feuer zu bekämpfen war.“
Synonyms
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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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