Luzerne
[ˌluˈt͡sɛʁnə]
The verdict
“Luzerne” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Nutzpflanze aus der Familie der Hülsenfrüchtler
Corpus desk
Index DE-luzerne · Luzerne · German
Luzerne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Luzerne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌluˈt͡sɛʁnə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Luzerne“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Luzerne is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌluˈt͡sɛʁnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Nutzpflanze aus der Familie der Hülsenfrüchtler".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Luzerne, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Luzerne, spelled L-U-Z-E-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1eine Nutzpflanze aus der Familie der Hülsenfrüchtler
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Luzerne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Luzerne (Medicago sativa) findet auch als Pferdefutter Verwendung.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.