Lingam
[ˈlɪŋɡam]
The verdict
“Lingam” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Symbol des Phallus als Sinnbild Schiwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-lingam · Lingam · German
Lingam · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lingam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɪŋɡam] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lingam“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lingam is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlɪŋɡam]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Symbol des Phallus als Sinnbild Schiwas".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Lingam in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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. The correct German form is Lingam, spelled L-I-N-G-A-M.
Definition
- 1Symbol des Phallus als Sinnbild Schiwas
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lingam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Verbindung von Lingam und Yoni, dem Zeichen des weiblichen Geschlechts, symbolisiert die Vereinigung des Götterpaares Shiva und Kali, die Synthese von männlicher Kraft und kreativer, weiblicher Energie, die mystische ‚Einheit in der Zweiheit‘.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.