Lobgesang

[ˈloːpɡəˌzaŋ]

/[ˈloːpɡəˌzaŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Lobgesang” is uncommon German (frequency #79,455 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,455
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lied, in dem jemand oder etwas gepriesen wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-lobgesang · Lobgesang · German

Lobgesang · rank #79,455 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,455
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lockdown

Nearest frequency peer: Lockdown (+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 „Lobgesang“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Lobgesang“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Lobgesang
PropertyValue
HeadwordLobgesang
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈloːpɡəˌzaŋ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#79,455
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Lobgesang“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Lobgesangfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Lockdown“ (#79,456), „loggen“ (#79,457), „Liebhaberei“ (#79,451). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Lobgesang“ bei #79,455. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lobgesang is uncommon German at frequency #79,455 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈloːpɡəˌzaŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lied, in dem jemand oder etwas gepriesen wird".

Lobgesang has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Lobgesang, spelled L-O-B-G-E-S-A-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lied, in dem jemand oder etwas gepriesen wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Lobgesang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Engel stimmten auf den Feldern zu Bethlehem einen Lobgesang an.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lobgesang"?
"Lobgesang" is spelled L-O-B-G-E-S-A-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈloːpɡəˌzaŋ].
What does "Lobgesang" mean?
As a noun, "Lobgesang" means: Lied, in dem jemand oder etwas gepriesen wird
How do you pronounce "Lobgesang"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lobgesang" is [ˈloːpɡəˌzaŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lobgesang" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lobgesang", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list