löschten

[ˈlœʃtn̩]

/[ˈlœʃtn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“löschten” is uncommon German (frequency #95,926 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,926
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs löschen

Corpus desk

Index DE-loschten · löschten · German

löschten · rank #95,926 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,926
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH lärmen

Nearest frequency peer: lärmen (-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 „löschten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for löschten
PropertyValue
Headwordlöschten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈlœʃtn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#95,926
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „löschten“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).löschtenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „lärmen“ (#95,925), „luxemburgisch“ (#95,924), „Luschen“ (#95,923). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „löschten“ bei #95,926. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

löschten is uncommon German at frequency #95,926 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈlœʃtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for löschten in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists 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 löschten, spelled L-Ö-S-C-H-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs löschen
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs löschen
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs löschen
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs löschen

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 "löschten"?
"löschten" is spelled L-Ö-S-C-H-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlœʃtn̩].
What does "löschten" mean?
As a verb, "löschten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs löschen
How do you pronounce "löschten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "löschten" is [ˈlœʃtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

malignen#95,933marching#95,936Marsberg#95,941Liebelei#95,907

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list