Luftikus
[ˈlʊftikʊs]
The verdict
“Luftikus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der sich durch Leichtsinn und Unzuverlässigkeit auszeichnet
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Index DE-luftikus · Luftikus · German
Luftikus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Luftikus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlʊftikʊs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Luftikus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Luftikus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlʊftikʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der sich durch Leichtsinn und Unzuverlässigkeit auszeichnet".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Luftikus, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Luftikus, spelled L-U-F-T-I-K-U-S.
Definition
- 1jemand, der sich durch Leichtsinn und Unzuverlässigkeit auszeichnet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Luftikus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In dieser Angelegenheit hat sich Hein nicht zum ersten Mal als echter Luftikus erwiesen.
„Bis in die zwanziger Jahre galt Franklin D. Roosevelt in weiten Kreisen als fröhlicher Luftikus mit nicht allzu großem Sachverstand- obwohl er von 1913 bis 1919 Staatssekretär im Marineministerium gewesen war.“
This word in other languages
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.