lumineszieren
[luminɛsˈt͡siːʁən]
The verdict
“lumineszieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von selbst leuchten (ohne eine gleichzeitige Temperaturerhöhung); Licht emittieren
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Index DE-lumineszieren · lumineszieren · German
lumineszieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | lumineszieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [luminɛsˈt͡siːʁən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „lumineszieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
lumineszieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [luminɛsˈt͡siːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von selbst leuchten (ohne eine gleichzeitige Temperaturerhöhung); Licht emittieren".
No misspelling variants are generated for lumineszieren in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is lumineszieren, spelled L-U-M-I-N-E-S-Z-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1von selbst leuchten (ohne eine gleichzeitige Temperaturerhöhung); Licht emittieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lumineszieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es stellte sich heraus, daß fluorochromierte Chromosomen besonders deutlich und hell lumineszieren (Strugger, 1940b).“
Zinksulfat mit einer Spur Mangansulfat luminesziert rot, Schwefel strahlend weiß.
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.