lodern

[ˈloːdɐn]

/[ˈloːdɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“lodern” is uncommon German (frequency #91,901 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,901
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit großer Flamme brennen

Corpus desk

Index DE-lodern · lodern · German

lodern · rank #91,901 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,901
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH losgesagt

Nearest frequency peer: losgesagt (+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 „lodern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lodern
PropertyValue
Headwordlodern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈloːdɐn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#91,901
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „lodern“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).lodernfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „losgesagt“ (#91,902), „lobos“ (#91,899), „loszulegen“ (#91,903). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „lodern“ bei #91,901. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lodern is uncommon German at frequency #91,901 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈloːdɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit großer Flamme brennen".

No misspelling variants are generated for lodern in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 lodern, spelled L-O-D-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit großer Flamme brennen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Flammen lodern aus dem Haus.
  2. „Der Darsteller des Manrico tritt am Ende des dritten Aktes an den Bühnenrand und singt eine berühmte Romanze, »Lodern zum Himmel seh' ich die Flammen... «, vor einem Publikum aus österreichischen Offizieren und italienischen Zivilisten.“

This word in other languages

blaze(English)arder(Español)flamboyer(Français)

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 "lodern"?
"lodern" is spelled L-O-D-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈloːdɐn].
What does "lodern" mean?
As a verb, "lodern" means: mit großer Flamme brennen
How do you pronounce "lodern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lodern" is [ˈloːdɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lodern" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Massai#91,929maulen#91,935Murano#91,972MuSchG#91,973

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list