Literaturkritik
[lɪtəʁaˈtuːɐ̯kʁiˌtiːk]
The verdict
“Literaturkritik” is uncommon German (frequency #62,618 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,618
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kritische Besprechung literarischer Werke
Corpus desk
Index DE-literaturkritik · Literaturkritik · German
Literaturkritik · rank #62,618 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,618
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH listing
Nearest frequency peer: listing (-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 „Literaturkritik“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Lilian
Lilian
37,387 corpus weight
- linkem
linkem
37,386 corpus weight
- listing
listing
37,384 corpus weight
- Literaturkr…
Literaturkritik
37,383 corpus weight
- Literaturkr…
Literaturkritiker
37,382 corpus weight
- Lotion
Lotion
37,379 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Literaturkritik“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Literaturkritik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lɪtəʁaˈtuːɐ̯kʁiˌtiːk] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #62,618 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Literaturkritik“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Literaturkritik is uncommon German at frequency #62,618 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [lɪtəʁaˈtuːɐ̯kʁiˌtiːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kritische Besprechung literarischer Werke".
No misspelling variants are generated for Literaturkritik in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Literaturkritik, spelled L-I-T-E-R-A-T-U-R-K-R-I-T-I-K.
Definition
- 1kritische Besprechung literarischer Werke
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Literaturkritik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Hier möchte ich den großen Bogen von der Weltgeschichte wieder auf die kleine Welt der Literaturkritik reduzieren.“
„Solange es noch genug Leser gab, füllten sie die Feuilletons der jiddischen Zeitungen mit neuen Erzählungen, Fortsetzungsromanen, Lyrik, Literaturkritiken und Essays oder verfassten Grammatiken und Lehrbücher für noch bestehende jiddische Schulen.“
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); 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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