Litanei

/[litaˈnaɪ̯]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#91,898

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Litanei is aGermannoun. It means: 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... Pronounced [litaˈnaɪ̯].

Key facts for Litanei
PropertyValue
HeadwordLitanei
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[litaˈnaɪ̯]
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,898
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Litanei in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Litanei is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, 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.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Litanei in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 Litanei, spelled L-I-T-A-N-E-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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 (beispielsweise „Erbarme dich unser!“ oder „Bitte für uns!“) beantwortet
  2. 2
    eine immer wieder vorgebrachte Klage, Ermahnung oder Forderung
  3. 3
    ein lange, monotone Aufzählung von Dingen oder Zusammenhängen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #91,898 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Litanei"?
"Litanei" is spelled L-I-T-A-N-E-I. The IPA pronunciation is [litaˈnaɪ̯].
What does "Litanei" mean?
As a noun, "Litanei" means: 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...
How do you pronounce "Litanei"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Litanei" is [litaˈnaɪ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Litanei" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.