lunar

[luˈnaːɐ̯]

/[luˈnaːɐ̯]/ adj

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The verdict

“lunar” is uncommon German (frequency #61,717 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,717
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Mond betreffend; zum Mond gehörend; vom Mond ausgehend

Corpus desk

Index DE-lunar · lunar · German

lunar · rank #61,717 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,717
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lunte

Nearest frequency peer: Lunte (+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 „lunar“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lunar
PropertyValue
Headwordlunar
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[luˈnaːɐ̯]
Letters5
Frequency rank#61,717
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „lunar“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).lunarfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Lunte“ (#61,718), „Lärche“ (#61,719), „Machtstrukturen“ (#61,720). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „lunar“ bei #61,717. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lunar is uncommon German at frequency #61,717 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [luˈnaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den Mond betreffend; zum Mond gehörend; vom Mond ausgehend".

lunar has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 lunar, spelled L-U-N-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Mond betreffend; zum Mond gehörend; vom Mond ausgehend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ebbe und Flut hängen von lunaren Kräften ab.
  2. „Ich glaube, was mich am meisten beeindruckt hat, waren die lunaren Sonnenaufgänge und Sonnenuntergänge. … “

Synonyms

lunarisch

Antonyms

solarstellar

This word in other languages

lunar(English)lunar(Español)lunaire(Français)lunar(Português)

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 "lunar"?
"lunar" is spelled L-U-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [luˈnaːɐ̯].
What does "lunar" mean?
As an adjective, "lunar" means: den Mond betreffend; zum Mond gehörend; vom Mond ausgehend
How do you pronounce "lunar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lunar" is [luˈnaːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lunar" come from?
"lunar" 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 "lunar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lunte#61,718mimen#61,742krude#61,683navis#61,771

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list