Litanei
[litaˈnaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Litanei” is an uncommon German word, ranked #91,898 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #91,898
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Form gemeinschaftlichen Betens, bei der ein Vorbeter oder Vorsänger Anrufungen Gottes oder der Heiligen vorträgt; diese Anrufungen werden von der Gemeinde mit einem gleichbleibenden Ruf (beisp...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Litanei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [litaˈnaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Litanei” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Litanei is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [litaˈnaɪ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #91,898 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Litanei, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Litanei, spelled L-I-T-A-N-E-I.
Definition
- 1eine Form gemeinschaftlichen Betens, bei der ein Vorbeter oder Vorsänger Anrufungen Gottes oder der Heiligen vorträgt; diese Anrufungen werden von der Gemeinde mit einem gleichbleibenden Ruf (beispielsweise „Erbarme dich unser!“ oder „Bitte für uns!“) beantwortet
- 2eine immer wieder vorgebrachte Klage, Ermahnung oder Forderung
- 3ein lange, monotone Aufzählung von Dingen oder Zusammenhängen
Synonyms
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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.
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Using “Litanei”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-I-T-A-N-E-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [litaˈnaɪ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.