loggen
[ˈlɔɡn̩]
The verdict
“loggen” is uncommon German (frequency #79,457 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,457
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Geschwindigkeit eines Schiffes mithilfe eines speziellen Fahrtmessers – des Logs – ermitteln
Corpus desk
Index DE-loggen · loggen · German
loggen · rank #79,457 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,457
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “loggen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lobgesang
Lobgesang
20,546 corpus weight
- Lockdown
Lockdown
20,545 corpus weight
- loggen
loggen
20,544 corpus weight
- Loipen
Loipen
20,542 corpus weight
- Lolli
Lolli
20,541 corpus weight
- loyaler
loyaler
20,540 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “loggen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | loggen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈlɔɡn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “loggen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
loggen is uncommon German at frequency #79,457 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈlɔɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for loggen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is loggen, spelled L-O-G-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1die Geschwindigkeit eines Schiffes mithilfe eines speziellen Fahrtmessers – des Logs – ermitteln
- 2eine Aufzeichnung von bestimmten auf einem Computer ablaufenden Vorgängen machen
- 3einen Eintrag im Logbuch eines Geocaches machen; den Fund eines Geocaches auf einer Geocache-Webseite protokollieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how loggen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„›Sechzehn Knoten,‹ meldete eben der Bootsmann, der die Fahrgeschwindigkeit des Schiffes ›geloggt‹ hatte, und der Offizier trat in das Kartenhäuschen, um mit Zirkel und Lineal den Punkt einzutragen, auf welchem die Vierlanderin augenblicklich nach Kurs und Fahrt sich befinden mußte.“
„Es wurden noch mehr Segel gesetzt und die Geschwindigkeit der ›Antje Marie‹ auf neun Knoten geloggt.“
Antonyms
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.