Vaterliebe
[ˈfaːtɐˌliːbə]
The verdict
“Vaterliebe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Liebe eines Vaters zu seinen – auch erwachsenen – Kindern
Corpus desk
Index DE-vaterliebe · Vaterliebe · German
Vaterliebe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | Vaterliebe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaːtɐˌliːbə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vaterliebe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vaterliebe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaːtɐˌliːbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Liebe eines Vaters zu seinen – auch erwachsenen – Kindern".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Vaterliebe, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Vaterliebe, spelled V-A-T-E-R-L-I-E-B-E.
Definition
- 1die Liebe eines Vaters zu seinen – auch erwachsenen – Kindern
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Vaterliebe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mutter- und Vaterliebe sind für die Entwicklung eines Kindes nicht ersetzbar.
Antonyms
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.