Lüderitz

[ˈlyːdəʁɪt͡s]

/[ˈlyːdəʁɪt͡s]/ name

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The verdict

“Lüderitz” is uncommon German (frequency #93,248 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,248
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt und gleichnamiger Hafen in Namibia.

Corpus desk

Index DE-luderitz · Lüderitz · German

Lüderitz · rank #93,248 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,248
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Läsion

Nearest frequency peer: Läsion (-2 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 „Lüderitz“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Lüderitz
PropertyValue
HeadwordLüderitz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈlyːdəʁɪt͡s]
Letters8
Frequency rank#93,248
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Lüderitz“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Lüderitzfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Läsion“ (#93,246), „Längengrad“ (#93,245), „Madrids“ (#93,252). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Lüderitz“ bei #93,248. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lüderitz is uncommon German at frequency #93,248 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈlyːdəʁɪt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Lüderitz in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Lüderitz, spelled L-Ü-D-E-R-I-T-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt und gleichnamiger Hafen in Namibia.
  2. 2
    Gemeinde bei Stendal

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lüderitz liegt am Ufer des Südatlantik.
  2. das Lüderitz der Kolonialzeit

Antonyms

SwakopmundWindhuk

This word in other languages

Lüderitz(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 "Lüderitz"?
"Lüderitz" is spelled L-Ü-D-E-R-I-T-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlyːdəʁɪt͡s].
What does "Lüderitz" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lüderitz" means: Stadt und gleichnamiger Hafen in Namibia.
How do you pronounce "Lüderitz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lüderitz" is [ˈlyːdəʁɪt͡s]. 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 "Lüderitz", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Kultfilm#93,187monierte#93,312Kreuztal#93,179konvexen#93,168

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list