bahnbrechend

[ˈbaːnˌbʁɛçn̩t]

/[ˈbaːnˌbʁɛçn̩t]/ adj

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The verdict

“bahnbrechend” is uncommon German (frequency #60,382 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,382
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine neue Entwicklung einleitend

Corpus desk

Index DE-bahnbrechend · bahnbrechend · German

bahnbrechend · rank #60,382 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,382
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bahnlinien

Nearest frequency peer: Bahnlinien (+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 „bahnbrechend“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bahnbrechend
PropertyValue
Headwordbahnbrechend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈbaːnˌbʁɛçn̩t]
Letters12
Frequency rank#60,382
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bahnbrechend“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bahnlinien“ (#60,383), „Backblech“ (#60,380), „baldiges“ (#60,384). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bahnbrechend“ bei #60,382. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bahnbrechend is uncommon German at frequency #60,382 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈbaːnˌbʁɛçn̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine neue Entwicklung einleitend".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bahnbrechend, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 bahnbrechend, spelled B-A-H-N-B-R-E-C-H-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine neue Entwicklung einleitend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Forscher machten bahnbrechende Entdeckungen.
  2. Mit ihrer Arbeit wirkte sie bahnbrechend.

This word in other languages

pioneering(English)pionero(Español)pionnier(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 "bahnbrechend"?
"bahnbrechend" is spelled B-A-H-N-B-R-E-C-H-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaːnˌbʁɛçn̩t].
What does "bahnbrechend" mean?
As an adjective, "bahnbrechend" means: eine neue Entwicklung einleitend
How do you pronounce "bahnbrechend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bahnbrechend" is [ˈbaːnˌbʁɛçn̩t]. 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 "bahnbrechend", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ausgedehntes#60,365beheimateten#60,401Antrittsrede#60,337Annullierung#60,333

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list