Bauantrag

/[ˈbaʊ̯ʔanˌtʁaːk]/ noun

The verdict

“Bauantrag” is an uncommon German word, ranked #72,199 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#72,199
frequency rank, German
9
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Gesuch eines Bauherren; schriftliche Bitte, um die Baugenehmigung für die Errichtung eines Baues zu erhalten

Key facts for Bauantrag
PropertyValue
HeadwordBauantrag
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbaʊ̯ʔanˌtʁaːk]
Letters9
Frequency rank#72,199
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Bauantrag” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Bauantrag lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Bauantrag is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbaʊ̯ʔanˌtʁaːk]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,199 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gesuch eines Bauherren; schriftliche Bitte, um die Baugenehmigung für die Errichtung eines Baues zu erhalten".

No misspelling variants are generated for Bauantrag in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Bauantrag, spelled B-A-U-A-N-T-R-A-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesuch eines Bauherren; schriftliche Bitte, um die Baugenehmigung für die Errichtung eines Baues zu erhalten

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #72,199 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bauantrag"?
"Bauantrag" is spelled B-A-U-A-N-T-R-A-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaʊ̯ʔanˌtʁaːk].
What does "Bauantrag" mean?
As a noun, "Bauantrag" means: Gesuch eines Bauherren; schriftliche Bitte, um die Baugenehmigung für die Errichtung eines Baues zu erhalten
How do you pronounce "Bauantrag"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bauantrag" is [ˈbaʊ̯ʔanˌtʁaːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bauantrag" come from?
"Bauantrag" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Bauantrag”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-A-U-A-N-T-R-A-G — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈbaʊ̯ʔanˌtʁaːk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Nearby German words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.