lungern
[ˈlʊŋɐn]
The verdict
“lungern” is uncommon German (frequency #97,342 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,342
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Gegend rumstehen, ungezwungen rumsitzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-lungern · lungern · German
lungern · rank #97,342 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,342
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Lungenerkrank…
Nearest frequency peer: Lungenerkrankung (-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 „lungern“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Luftschlöss…
Luftschlösser
2,662 corpus weight
- Lungenerkra…
Lungenerkrankung
2,660 corpus weight
- lungern
lungern
2,659 corpus weight
- lustvollen
lustvollen
2,658 corpus weight
- Lädchen
Lädchen
2,657 corpus weight
- Ländchen
Ländchen
2,656 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „lungern“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lungern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈlʊŋɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,342 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „lungern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
lungern is uncommon German at frequency #97,342 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈlʊŋɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
lungern doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is lungern, spelled L-U-N-G-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1in der Gegend rumstehen, ungezwungen rumsitzen
- 2ein starkes Bedürfnis nach etwas haben, etwas herbeisehnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lungern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Schön platt vom langen Arbeitstag, lungern sie am Abend noch für ein, zwei Stunden auf der Couch.“
„Der Gaukler Georg Schmidt lungert vor der Kirche, wird plötzlich hellwach, als er eine Wahrsagerin mit einem kleinen Jungen sieht.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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