Preislied
[ˈpʁaɪ̯sˌliːt]
The verdict
“Preislied” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - „in der germanischen Dichtung ein Einzellied, das von Sängern im Wechselgesang am Fürstenhof dargeboten wurde“
Corpus desk
Index DE-preislied · Preislied · German
Preislied · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | Preislied |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpʁaɪ̯sˌliːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Preislied“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Preislied is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpʁaɪ̯sˌliːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Preislied has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Preislied, spelled P-R-E-I-S-L-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1„in der germanischen Dichtung ein Einzellied, das von Sängern im Wechselgesang am Fürstenhof dargeboten wurde“
- 2Lied, in dem jemand oder etwas gelobt wird
- 3Lied, Dichtung zum Gewinnen eines Preises bei einem Wettstreit
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Preislied appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Man hat sehr diskutiert, ob dieses Gedicht mit dem germanischen Preislied oder mit lateinischer Zeitdichtung zusammenhänge.“
„Appar blieb eine Zeit lang dort und sang Preislieder für den flammenden Herrn, dem Geber der heiligen Schriften.“
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.