Löwenanteil

[ˈløːvn̩ˌʔantaɪ̯l]

/[ˈløːvn̩ˌʔantaɪ̯l]/ noun

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The verdict

“Löwenanteil” is uncommon German (frequency #52,260 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,260
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Hauptanteil, der größte Anteil

Corpus desk

Index DE-lowenanteil · Löwenanteil · German

Löwenanteil · rank #52,260 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,260
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Machart

Nearest frequency peer: Machart (+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 „Löwenanteil“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Löwenanteil
PropertyValue
HeadwordLöwenanteil
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈløːvn̩ˌʔantaɪ̯l]
Letters11
Frequency rank#52,260
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Löwenanteil“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Machart“ (#52,261), „Mads“ (#52,262), „luftdicht“ (#52,257). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Löwenanteil“ bei #52,260. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Löwenanteil is uncommon German at frequency #52,260 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈløːvn̩ˌʔantaɪ̯l]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Hauptanteil, der größte Anteil".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Löwenanteil, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Löwenanteil, spelled L-Ö-W-E-N-A-N-T-E-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Hauptanteil, der größte Anteil

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Löwenanteil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er hat sich den Löwenanteil des Geländes zum Kauf gesichert.
  2. „Bund, Land und EU übernehmen den Löwenanteil, aber auch Klosterkammer, diverse Stiftungen und Spender beteiligen sich an den Kosten.“

This word in other languages

lion's share(English)parte del león(Español)part du lion(Français)

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 "Löwenanteil"?
"Löwenanteil" is spelled L-Ö-W-E-N-A-N-T-E-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈløːvn̩ˌʔantaɪ̯l].
What does "Löwenanteil" mean?
As a noun, "Löwenanteil" means: der Hauptanteil, der größte Anteil
How do you pronounce "Löwenanteil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Löwenanteil" is [ˈløːvn̩ˌʔantaɪ̯l]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Löwenanteil" come from?
"Löwenanteil" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list