Bannmeile
[ˈbanˌmaɪ̯lə]
The verdict
“Bannmeile” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - besonders geschützter Bereich um wichtige Institutionen, vor allem in der Umgebung von Parlamenten
Corpus desk
Index DE-bannmeile · Bannmeile · German
Bannmeile · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Bannmeile |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbanˌmaɪ̯lə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bannmeile“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bannmeile is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbanˌmaɪ̯lə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Bannmeile doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Bannmeile, spelled B-A-N-N-M-E-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1besonders geschützter Bereich um wichtige Institutionen, vor allem in der Umgebung von Parlamenten
- 2Bereich um eine Stadt/einen Ort mit besonderen Auflagen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bannmeile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Je tiefer ich in die Bannmeile des Parlaments vordringe, vorbei an Staatsoper, Humboldt-Universität und Museum für Deutsche Geschichte, je näher ich dem »Ballast der Republik« komme, wie der sächselnde Volksmund Honeckers Herzeige-Palast nennt, desto dichter wird der Kordon.“
„Kant, der die Bannmeile Königsbergs niemals verlassen hat, war dennoch imstande, genau darzustellen, wie anderswo die Welt aussah.“
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.