bahnbrechend

/[ˈbaːnˌbʁɛçn̩t]/ adj

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#60,382

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

bahnbrechend is anGermanadj. It means: eine neue Entwicklung einleitend Pronounced [ˈbaːnˌbʁɛçn̩t].

Key facts for bahnbrechend
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Headwordbahnbrechend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈbaːnˌbʁɛçn̩t]
Letters12
Frequency rank#60,382
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bahnbrechend in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bahnbrechend is 12 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbaːnˌbʁɛçn̩t]. Corpus data places it at rank #60,382 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine neue Entwicklung einleitend".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for bahnbrechend in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is bahnbrechend, spelled B-A-H-N-B-R-E-C-H-E-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine neue Entwicklung einleitend

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #60,382 in German

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 adj, "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.
What language does "bahnbrechend" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.