Luftwiderstand

[ˈlʊftˌviːdɐʃtant]

/[ˈlʊftˌviːdɐʃtant]/ noun

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The verdict

“Luftwiderstand” is uncommon German (frequency #56,323 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,323
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von der Luft ausgeübter Widerstand, welcher der Bewegung eines Körpers widersteht

Corpus desk

Index DE-luftwiderstand · Luftwiderstand · German

Luftwiderstand · rank #56,323 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,323
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Luftfeuchte

Nearest frequency peer: Luftfeuchte (-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 „Luftwiderstand“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Luftwiderstand
PropertyValue
HeadwordLuftwiderstand
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlʊftˌviːdɐʃtant]
Letters14
Frequency rank#56,323
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Luftwiderstand“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Luftfeuchte“ (#56,322), „Lungenembolie“ (#56,324), „Luxemburgische“ (#56,325). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Luftwiderstand“ bei #56,323. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Luftwiderstand is uncommon German at frequency #56,323 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlʊftˌviːdɐʃtant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von der Luft ausgeübter Widerstand, welcher der Bewegung eines Körpers widersteht".

Luftwiderstand doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Luftwiderstand, spelled L-U-F-T-W-I-D-E-R-S-T-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    von der Luft ausgeübter Widerstand, welcher der Bewegung eines Körpers widersteht

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Dowling spürte den Luftwiderstand, der ihn zurückdrängen und von der Maschine schieben wollte, aber er hielt den Lenker ganz fest, beugte sich tief nach vorn und raste mit Tempo 320 über den heißen Asphalt.“

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 "Luftwiderstand"?
"Luftwiderstand" is spelled L-U-F-T-W-I-D-E-R-S-T-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlʊftˌviːdɐʃtant].
What does "Luftwiderstand" mean?
As a noun, "Luftwiderstand" means: von der Luft ausgeübter Widerstand, welcher der Bewegung eines Körpers widersteht
How do you pronounce "Luftwiderstand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Luftwiderstand" is [ˈlʊftˌviːdɐʃtant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Luftwiderstand" come from?
"Luftwiderstand" 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 "Luftwiderstand", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Luxemburgische#56,325Kronprinzessin#56,290Krebspatienten#56,283Konsultationen#56,281

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list