Bahnhofshalle

[ˈbaːnhoːfsˌhalə]

/[ˈbaːnhoːfsˌhalə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bahnhofshalle” is uncommon German (frequency #92,632 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,632
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Halle in einem Bahnhofsgebäude

Corpus desk

Index DE-bahnhofshalle · Bahnhofshalle · German

Bahnhofshalle · rank #92,632 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,632
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bahnübergängen

Nearest frequency peer: Bahnübergängen (+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 „Bahnhofshalle“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bahnhofshalle
PropertyValue
HeadwordBahnhofshalle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbaːnhoːfsˌhalə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#92,632
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bahnhofshalle“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bahnübergängen“ (#92,633), „Backgammon“ (#92,630), „Bantu“ (#92,634). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bahnhofshalle“ bei #92,632. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bahnhofshalle is uncommon German at frequency #92,632 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaːnhoːfsˌhalə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Halle in einem Bahnhofsgebäude".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Bahnhofshalle, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Bahnhofshalle, spelled B-A-H-N-H-O-F-S-H-A-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Halle in einem Bahnhofsgebäude

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Ich ging also in die Bahnhofshalle und sah, dass der Service-Point nicht besetzt war.“
  2. „Sie durchquerte die Bahnhofshalle und verließ sie durch den Ausgang, der zum Zoo führte.“

This word in other languages

train shed(English)

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 "Bahnhofshalle"?
"Bahnhofshalle" is spelled B-A-H-N-H-O-F-S-H-A-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaːnhoːfsˌhalə].
What does "Bahnhofshalle" mean?
As a noun, "Bahnhofshalle" means: Halle in einem Bahnhofsgebäude
How do you pronounce "Bahnhofshalle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bahnhofshalle" is [ˈbaːnhoːfsˌhalə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bahnhofshalle" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ausformuliert#92,616Berufsfeldern#92,673Beschwörungen#92,678Betriebswirte#92,687

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list