Armbinde

[ˈaʁmˌbɪndə]

/[ˈaʁmˌbɪndə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Armbinde” is uncommon German (frequency #84,931 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,931
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - über den Arm gestreiftes Stück Stoff als Zeichen für etwas

Corpus desk

Index DE-armbinde · Armbinde · German

Armbinde · rank #84,931 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,931
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Aromatherapie

Nearest frequency peer: Aromatherapie (+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 „Armbinde“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Armbinde
PropertyValue
HeadwordArmbinde
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaʁmˌbɪndə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#84,931
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Armbinde“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Armbindefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Aromatherapie“ (#84,932), „arisch“ (#84,929), „Arbeitsmaterial“ (#84,927). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Armbinde“ bei #84,931. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Armbinde is uncommon German at frequency #84,931 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʁmˌbɪndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Armbinde has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Armbinde, spelled A-R-M-B-I-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    über den Arm gestreiftes Stück Stoff als Zeichen für etwas
  2. 2
    Stoff, in den ein Arm zwecks Entlastung eingehängt wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „…all diese Gören sind von der Hitlerjugend, sie haben die Armbinde mit dem Hakenkreuz, die Jugend Hitlers…“
  2. „Demgemäß, sagte mein Vater, werden wir die Sicherung der Straße übernehmen, ab sofort, und wer noch keine Armbinde hat, der wird sich jetzt eine nehmen, danach gehen wir in Stellung.“

This word in other languages

armband(English)cabestrillo(Español)attelle(Français)

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 "Armbinde"?
"Armbinde" is spelled A-R-M-B-I-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʁmˌbɪndə].
What does "Armbinde" mean?
As a noun, "Armbinde" means: über den Arm gestreiftes Stück Stoff als Zeichen für etwas
How do you pronounce "Armbinde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Armbinde" is [ˈaʁmˌbɪndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

androhen#84,908analogon#84,904amulette#84,903albernes#84,894

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list