Moorleiche
German, noun/ˈmoːɐ̯laɪ̯çə/
Moorleiche is spelled M-O-O-R-L-E-I-C-H-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 271,406th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moorleiche is a German feminine noun meaning “bog body” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “toter Körper eines Menschen, welcher üblicherweise mehrere hundert Jahre versunken im Moor lag”.
What does Moorleiche mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebog body
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. toter Körper eines Menschen, welcher üblicherweise mehrere hundert Jahre versunken im Moor lag
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Moorleiche
- Moorleichen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Moorleiche?
- /ˈmoːɐ̯laɪ̯çə/
- [ˈmoːɐ̯ˌlaɪ̯çə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Moorleiche in German?
Moorleiche appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).