Bandage

[banˈdaːʒə]

/[banˈdaːʒə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bandage” is uncommon German (frequency #86,232 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,232
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Umhüllung aus weichen, elastischen Stoffstücken, mit denen Körperteile eingewickelt werden

Corpus desk

Index DE-bandage · Bandage · German

Bandage · rank #86,232 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,232
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Balzers

Nearest frequency peer: Balzers (-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 „Bandage“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bandage
PropertyValue
HeadwordBandage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[banˈdaːʒə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#86,232
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bandage“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Bandagefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Balzers“ (#86,231), „Bandkollegen“ (#86,233), „ballistische“ (#86,230). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bandage“ bei #86,232. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bandage is uncommon German at frequency #86,232 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [banˈdaːʒə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Bandage has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Bandage, spelled B-A-N-D-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Umhüllung aus weichen, elastischen Stoffstücken, mit denen Körperteile eingewickelt werden
  2. 2
    Umhüllung aus weichen, elastischen Stoffstücken, mit denen Körperteile eingewickelt werden
  3. 3
    Umhüllung aus weichen, elastischen Stoffstücken, mit denen Körperteile eingewickelt werden
  4. 4
    Umhüllung aus weichen, elastischen Stoffstücken, mit denen Körperteile eingewickelt werden
  5. 5
    Umhüllung aus weichen, elastischen Stoffstücken, mit denen Körperteile eingewickelt werden
  6. 6
    im übertragenen Sinne zu^([1b]): Mittel

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Um den Kopf trägt er eine weiße Bandage. Er habe Schmerzen, da er auch von Bombensplittern getroffen worden sei.
  2. „Zu seiner Überraschung war eine dicke Binde um das Handgelenk gewickelt, eine elastische Bandage, die ihm unmöglich machte, die Pulsader zu fühlen.“

Synonyms

Fasche

This word in other languages

bandage(English)vendaje(Español)bandage(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 "Bandage"?
"Bandage" is spelled B-A-N-D-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [banˈdaːʒə].
What does "Bandage" mean?
As a noun, "Bandage" means: Umhüllung aus weichen, elastischen Stoffstücken, mit denen Körperteile eingewickelt werden
How do you pronounce "Bandage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bandage" is [banˈdaːʒə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bandage" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Balzers#86,231Avenida#86,227Basecap#86,237basisch#86,239

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list