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Lippenleser

German, noun/ˈlɪpn̩ˌleːzɐ/

Lippenleser is spelled L-I-P-P-E-N-L-E-S-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written German, the 423,336th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lippenleser is a German masculine noun meaning “lipreader” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(männliche^☆) Person, die das Lippenlesen beherrscht”.

What does Lippenleser mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinelipreader

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. (männliche^☆) Person, die das Lippenlesen beherrscht

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Lippenleser

  • Lippenlesers genitive
  • Lippenleserin feminine
  • Lippenlesern dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Lippenleser?

  • /ˈlɪpn̩ˌleːzɐ/
  • [ˈlɪpn̩ˌleːzɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Lippenleser in German?

Lippenleser appears about once in every 49 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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