litt
German, verb[lɪt]
litt is spelled L-I-T-T (4 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written German, the 10,247th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Litt is a German verb meaning “first/third-person singular preterite of leiden” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs leiden”.
What does litt mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of leiden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs leiden 2. 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs leiden
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce litt?
- [lɪt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is litt in German?
litt appears 6.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).