linksdrehend
[ˈlɪŋksˌdʁeːənt]
The verdict
“linksdrehend” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gegen den Uhrzeigersinn, in mathematisch positiverer Drehrichtung, positivem Drehsinn drehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-linksdrehend · linksdrehend · German
linksdrehend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | linksdrehend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈlɪŋksˌdʁeːənt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „linksdrehend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
linksdrehend is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈlɪŋksˌdʁeːənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for linksdrehend in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 linksdrehend, spelled L-I-N-K-S-D-R-E-H-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1gegen den Uhrzeigersinn, in mathematisch positiverer Drehrichtung, positivem Drehsinn drehend
- 2die Ebene des polarisierten Lichts in optisch aktiven Substanzen nach links drehend
- 3Eigenschaft eines links-Gewindes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how linksdrehend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es gibt linksdrehende Ventilatoren bei denen das Laufrad vorwärtsgekrümmt ist.
Im menschlichen Körper findet sich linksdrehende Milchsäure normalerweise nur in sehr geringen Konzentrationen.
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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.