Bankdrücken
[ˈbaŋkˌdʁʏkn̩]
The verdict
“Bankdrücken” is uncommon German (frequency #67,012 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,012
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Übung, bei der eine Person auf dem Rücken auf einer Bank liegend eine Hantel stemmt; Teildisziplin des Kraftdreikampfs
Corpus desk
Index DE-bankdrucken · Bankdrücken · German
Bankdrücken · rank #67,012 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,012
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bams
Nearest frequency peer: bams (-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 „Bankdrücken“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Auszeiten
Auszeiten
32,992 corpus weight
- Autohäuser
Autohäuser
32,991 corpus weight
- bams
bams
32,990 corpus weight
- Bankdrücken
Bankdrücken
32,989 corpus weight
- barbarische
barbarische
32,988 corpus weight
- Basilius
Basilius
32,987 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bankdrücken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bankdrücken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaŋkˌdʁʏkn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #67,012 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bankdrücken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bankdrücken is uncommon German at frequency #67,012 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaŋkˌdʁʏkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Übung, bei der eine Person auf dem Rücken auf einer Bank liegend eine Hantel stemmt; Teildisziplin des Kraftdreikampfs".
Bankdrücken has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Bankdrücken, spelled B-A-N-K-D-R-Ü-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Übung, bei der eine Person auf dem Rücken auf einer Bank liegend eine Hantel stemmt; Teildisziplin des Kraftdreikampfs
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bankdrücken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] Beim Bankdrücken werden Gewichte gestemmt […].
„Ich möchte eine breitere Brust. Dann mache ich Bankdrücken. Ich pass mein Training meinen Trainingszielen an.“
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).