Lohnkiller
[ˈloːnˌkɪlɐ]
The verdict
“Lohnkiller” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, die mit dem Umbringen von Leuten ihren Lebensunterhalt verdient, gegen Bezahlung Leute ermordet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lohnkiller |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈloːnˌkɪlɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lohnkiller” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Lohnkiller is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈloːnˌkɪlɐ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Person, die mit dem Umbringen von Leuten ihren Lebensunterhalt verdient, gegen Bezahlung Leute ermordet".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Lohnkiller, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Lohnkiller, spelled L-O-H-N-K-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die mit dem Umbringen von Leuten ihren Lebensunterhalt verdient, gegen Bezahlung Leute ermordet
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Lohnkiller”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-O-H-N-K-I-L-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈloːnˌkɪlɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.