Arkebuse
[aʁkeˈbuːzə]
The verdict
“Arkebuse” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorderlader des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts mit Luntenschloss
Corpus desk
Index DE-arkebuse · Arkebuse · German
Arkebuse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | Arkebuse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aʁkeˈbuːzə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Arkebuse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Arkebuse is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aʁkeˈbuːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vorderlader des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts mit Luntenschloss".
No misspelling variants are generated for Arkebuse in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Arkebuse, spelled A-R-K-E-B-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Vorderlader des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts mit Luntenschloss
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Arkebuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Rund 650 mit Arkebusen bewaffnete Soldaten gehören zu Barretos Leuten sowie 2000 Träger, 200 einheimische Führer, zwei Dutzend Ochsenwagen, acht Esel und fünf Kamele.“
„Die Arkebuse ist eine Hakenbüchse mit Luntenschloss.“
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.