links stehend

/[lɪŋks ˈʃteːənt]/ adj

The verdict

“links stehend” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
13
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: weltanschaulich: dem linken politischen Spektrum zugehörig

Key facts for links stehend
PropertyValue
Headwordlinks stehend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[lɪŋks ˈʃteːənt]
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “links stehend” sits in German frequency

links stehend falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for links stehend is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lɪŋks ˈʃteːənt]. 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: "weltanschaulich: dem linken politischen Spektrum zugehörig".

No misspelling variants are generated for links stehend 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 links stehend, spelled L-I-N-K-S- -S-T-E-H-E-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    weltanschaulich: dem linken politischen Spektrum zugehörig

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "links stehend"?
"links stehend" is spelled L-I-N-K-S- -S-T-E-H-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [lɪŋks ˈʃteːənt].
What does "links stehend" mean?
As an adjective, "links stehend" means: weltanschaulich: dem linken politischen Spektrum zugehörig
How do you pronounce "links stehend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "links stehend" is [lɪŋks ˈʃteːənt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "links stehend" come from?
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Using “links stehend”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is L-I-N-K-S- -S-T-E-H-E-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [lɪŋks ˈʃteːənt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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