listening

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The verdict

“listening” is uncommon German (frequency #58,060 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,060
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs listen

Corpus desk

Index DE-listening · listening · German

listening · rank #58,060 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,060
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH linksliberalen

Nearest frequency peer: linksliberalen (-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 „listening“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „listening“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for listening
PropertyValue
Headwordlistening
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#58,060
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „listening“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).listeningfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „linksliberalen“ (#58,059), „linksgrün“ (#58,058), „lukrativer“ (#58,062). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „listening“ bei #58,060. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

listening is uncommon German at frequency #58,060 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs listen".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for listening, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is listening, spelled L-I-S-T-E-N-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs listen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "listening"?
"listening" is spelled L-I-S-T-E-N-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "listening" mean?
As a verb, "listening" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs listen
How do you pronounce "listening"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "listening" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "listening", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

linksgrün#58,058Löwenherz#58,067kämpfende#58,041Mariahilf#58,079

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list