Luftverunreinigung
[ˈlʊftfɛɐ̯ˌʔʊnʁaɪ̯nɪɡʊŋ]
The verdict
“Luftverunreinigung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verunreinigung der Luft durch Stäube, Gase, Giftstoffe und/oder Dreck
Corpus desk
Index DE-luftverunreinigung · Luftverunreinigung · German
Luftverunreinigung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | Luftverunreinigung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlʊftfɛɐ̯ˌʔʊnʁaɪ̯nɪɡʊŋ] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Luftverunreinigung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Luftverunreinigung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlʊftfɛɐ̯ˌʔʊnʁaɪ̯nɪɡʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Luftverunreinigung in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Luftverunreinigung, spelled L-U-F-T-V-E-R-U-N-R-E-I-N-I-G-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Verunreinigung der Luft durch Stäube, Gase, Giftstoffe und/oder Dreck
- 2der durch [1] hervorgerufene Zustand der Luft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Luftverunreinigung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Umweltwissenschaftler, die sich der Grenzen ihres Wissens bewußt sind, drängen denn auch darauf, die Bekämpfung jeglicher Form von Luftverunreinigung zu beschleunigen, und warnen davor, zu warten, bis das letzte Teilstück im hochkomplexen, multidimensionalen Öko-Puzzle gefunden ist.“
„Aussagekräftige Messungen der Luftverunreinigung sind beim Rauchen im Freien jedoch nur schwer zu erhalten.“
Synonyms
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.