Balkenwaage
[ˈbalkn̩vaːɡə]
The verdict
“Balkenwaage” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einfache Waage, die aus einem beweglich gelagertem waagerechten Balken und zwei, an den Enden befestigten, Schalen besteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-balkenwaage · Balkenwaage · German
Balkenwaage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Balkenwaage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbalkn̩vaːɡə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Balkenwaage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Balkenwaage is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbalkn̩vaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einfache Waage, die aus einem beweglich gelagertem waagerechten Balken und zwei, an den Enden befestigten, Schalen besteht".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Balkenwaage, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Balkenwaage, spelled B-A-L-K-E-N-W-A-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1einfache Waage, die aus einem beweglich gelagertem waagerechten Balken und zwei, an den Enden befestigten, Schalen besteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Balkenwaage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Balkenwaagen werden schon sehr lange zum Abwiegen von Gütern genutzt.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.