Banknote
[ˈbaŋkˌnoːtə]
The verdict
“Banknote” is uncommon German (frequency #74,347 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,347
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geldschein, der im alltäglichen Zahlungsverkehr genutzt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-banknote · Banknote · German
Banknote · rank #74,347 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,347
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bankdirektor
Nearest frequency peer: Bankdirektor (-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 „Banknote“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ballungsgeb…
Ballungsgebieten
25,657 corpus weight
- Banat
Banat
25,656 corpus weight
- Bankdirektor
Bankdirektor
25,655 corpus weight
- Banknote
Banknote
25,654 corpus weight
- bargeldlos
bargeldlos
25,653 corpus weight
- Bartwuchs
Bartwuchs
25,652 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Banknote“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Banknote |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaŋkˌnoːtə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Banknote“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Banknote is uncommon German at frequency #74,347 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaŋkˌnoːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Geldschein, der im alltäglichen Zahlungsverkehr genutzt wird".
Banknote has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 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 Banknote, spelled B-A-N-K-N-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1Geldschein, der im alltäglichen Zahlungsverkehr genutzt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Banknote appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wer Banknoten nachmacht oder fälscht, wird mit Gefängnis nicht unter zwei Jahren bestraft.
„Sechzig Berliner Privatdruckereien sind mit dem Druck von Banknoten beschäftigt.“
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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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