Altbestand

[ˈaltbəˌʃtant]

/[ˈaltbəˌʃtant]/ noun

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The verdict

“Altbestand” is uncommon German (frequency #98,074 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,074
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Menge der bereits seit längerem vorhandenen Gegenstände/Materialien

Corpus desk

Index DE-altbestand · Altbestand · German

Altbestand · rank #98,074 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,074
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Alsergrund

Nearest frequency peer: Alsergrund (-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 „Altbestand“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Altbestand“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Altbestand
PropertyValue
HeadwordAltbestand
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaltbəˌʃtant]
Letters10
Frequency rank#98,074
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Altbestand“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Altbestandfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Alsergrund“ (#98,073), „Altersgrenzen“ (#98,075), „alphabetischen“ (#98,072). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Altbestand“ bei #98,074. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Altbestand is uncommon German at frequency #98,074 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaltbəˌʃtant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Menge der bereits seit längerem vorhandenen Gegenstände/Materialien".

No misspelling variants are generated for Altbestand in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Altbestand, spelled A-L-T-B-E-S-T-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Menge der bereits seit längerem vorhandenen Gegenstände/Materialien

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Altbestand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ein Schatz, der im Altbestand der Christian-Weise-Bibliothek Zittau lagert, soll geborgen werden.“
  2. „Dort restaurierte ich die alten Handschriften, Manuskripte und Karten, die ich im Internet oder auf meinen Jagden durch Altbestände, Haushaltsauflösungen, Antiquariate und Nachlässe ausfindig machte.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Altbestand"?
"Altbestand" is spelled A-L-T-B-E-S-T-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaltbəˌʃtant].
What does "Altbestand" mean?
As a noun, "Altbestand" means: Menge der bereits seit längerem vorhandenen Gegenstände/Materialien
How do you pronounce "Altbestand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Altbestand" is [ˈaltbəˌʃtant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Altbestand" come from?
"Altbestand" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Altbestand", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Alsergrund#98,073amputieren#98,085Adoptionen#98,052anvisieren#98,101

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list