losmachen
[ˈloːsˌmaxn̩]
The verdict
“losmachen” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - bewirken, das etwas nicht mehr fest angebracht, verbunden ist; jemanden von seinen Fesseln befreien
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | losmachen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈloːsˌmaxn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “losmachen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for losmachen is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈloːsˌmaxn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
losmachen has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.
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 losmachen, spelled L-O-S-M-A-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1bewirken, das etwas nicht mehr fest angebracht, verbunden ist; jemanden von seinen Fesseln befreien
- 2sich von etwas frei machen
- 3von etwas (zumeist als lästig, störend, unangenehm Empfundenen) loskommen; sich von einer Tätigkeit freimachen
- 4vom Anlegeplatz (Kai oder dergleichen) wegfahren
- 5sich bemühen, etwas zügig zu erledigen, mit etwas zügig voranzukommen; aufhören zu trödeln
- 6einen Ort verlassen (um etwas zu unternehmen)
- 7etwas (entschlossen, ungestüm) in Angriff nehmen
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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 “losmachen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-O-S-M-A-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.