banger

[ˈbaŋɐ]

/[ˈbaŋɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“banger” is uncommon German (frequency #53,506 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,506
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bang

Corpus desk

Index DE-banger · banger · German

banger · rank #53,506 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,506
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bahre

Nearest frequency peer: Bahre (-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 „banger“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for banger
PropertyValue
Headwordbanger
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈbaŋɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#53,506
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „banger“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.bangerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bahre“ (#53,505), „Badewannen“ (#53,504), „babes“ (#53,503). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „banger“ bei #53,506. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

banger is uncommon German at frequency #53,506 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈbaŋɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for banger, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 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 banger, spelled B-A-N-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bang
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bang
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bang
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bang
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bang

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 "banger"?
"banger" is spelled B-A-N-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaŋɐ].
What does "banger" mean?
As an adjective, "banger" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bang
How do you pronounce "banger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "banger" is [ˈbaŋɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "banger" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

belügt#53,521Asiate#53,481Apolda#53,474Brache#53,554

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list