loskaufen

/[ˈloːsˌkaʊ̯fn̩]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

loskaufen is aGermanverb. It means: jemanden (aus Gefangenschaft, von einer Entführung) freikaufen Pronounced [ˈloːsˌkaʊ̯fn̩].

Key facts for loskaufen
PropertyValue
Headwordloskaufen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈloːsˌkaʊ̯fn̩]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

loskaufen is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for loskaufen is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈloːsˌkaʊ̯fn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for loskaufen in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is loskaufen, spelled L-O-S-K-A-U-F-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden (aus Gefangenschaft, von einer Entführung) freikaufen
  2. 2
    sich gegen eine Zahlung einer Pflicht entziehen

Synonyms

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "loskaufen"?
"loskaufen" is spelled L-O-S-K-A-U-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈloːsˌkaʊ̯fn̩].
What does "loskaufen" mean?
As a verb, "loskaufen" means: jemanden (aus Gefangenschaft, von einer Entführung) freikaufen
How do you pronounce "loskaufen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "loskaufen" is [ˈloːsˌkaʊ̯fn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "loskaufen" come from?
"loskaufen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.