Bahre
[ˈbaːʁə]
The verdict
“Bahre” is uncommon German (frequency #53,505 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,505
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einer leicht zusammenlegbaren und transportablen einfachen Liege ähnelndes Gestell, mit dem kranke, verletzte oder tote Personen transportiert werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-bahre · Bahre · German
Bahre · rank #53,505 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,505
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Badewannen
Nearest frequency peer: Badewannen (-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 „Bahre“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- avanciert
avanciert
46,499 corpus weight
- babes
babes
46,498 corpus weight
- Badewannen
Badewannen
46,497 corpus weight
- Bahre
Bahre
46,496 corpus weight
- banger
banger
46,495 corpus weight
- Bast
Bast
46,492 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bahre“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bahre |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaːʁə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bahre“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bahre is uncommon German at frequency #53,505 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Bahre, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Bahre, spelled B-A-H-R-E.
Definition
- 1einer leicht zusammenlegbaren und transportablen einfachen Liege ähnelndes Gestell, mit dem kranke, verletzte oder tote Personen transportiert werden
- 2für die Trauerfeier vorgesehenes Gestell, auf dem, während dieser, der (zumeist eingesargte) Leichnam liegt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bahre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er wurde auf einer Bahre ins Krankenhaus gebracht, da er nicht gut laufen konnte.
„Der Priester mit der Monstranz geht vorüber, eine schreit von ihrer Bahre auf: »Ich bin gesund!« Hat weiterhin Knochentuberkulose ohne Veränderung.“
Antonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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