Literaturpreis
[lɪtəʁaˈtuːɐ̯ˌpʁaɪ̯s]
The verdict
“Literaturpreis” is uncommon German (frequency #51,511 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,511
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Preis für besondere Leistungen auf dem Gebiet der Literatur
Corpus desk
Index DE-literaturpreis · Literaturpreis · German
Literaturpreis · rank #51,511 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,511
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Lehrgeld
Nearest frequency peer: Lehrgeld (-2 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 „Literaturpreis“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Lebensaufga…
Lebensaufgabe
48,494 corpus weight
- Lebenslage
Lebenslage
48,493 corpus weight
- Lehrgeld
Lehrgeld
48,492 corpus weight
- Literaturpr…
Literaturpreis
48,490 corpus weight
- Luftschiff
Luftschiff
48,488 corpus weight
- löten
löten
48,487 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Literaturpreis“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Literaturpreis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lɪtəʁaˈtuːɐ̯ˌpʁaɪ̯s] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #51,511 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Literaturpreis“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Literaturpreis is uncommon German at frequency #51,511 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [lɪtəʁaˈtuːɐ̯ˌpʁaɪ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Preis für besondere Leistungen auf dem Gebiet der Literatur".
No misspelling variants are generated for Literaturpreis in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Literaturpreis, spelled L-I-T-E-R-A-T-U-R-P-R-E-I-S.
Definition
- 1Preis für besondere Leistungen auf dem Gebiet der Literatur
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Literaturpreis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der französische Schriftsteller Sully Prudhomme hatte als erster Franzose den Literaturpreis von der Nobelkommission übergeben bekommen.
„Bekannte Autoren sind nützlich für das Prestige eines Literaturpreises und des Ortes, an dem er vergeben wird.“
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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