Literal
[lɪteˈʁaːl]
The verdict
“Literal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine atomare Formel (Atom) oder deren Negation
Corpus desk
Index DE-literal · Literal · German
Literal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Literal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lɪteˈʁaːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Literal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Literal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [lɪteˈʁaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Literal has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Literal, spelled L-I-T-E-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1eine atomare Formel (Atom) oder deren Negation
- 2eine Information (zum Beispiel: Zahl, Zeichen, String), die direkt einen Wert darstellt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Literal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine Klausel ist eine Hornklausel, falls sie höchstens ein positives Literal enthält.
In der Wertzuweisung int Zahl = 42 ist 42 ebenso ein Literal wie in string Text = "Hallo" der Teil "Hallo".
This word in other languages
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.