Bauhof

[ˈbaʊ̯ˌhoːf]

/[ˈbaʊ̯ˌhoːf]/ noun

The verdict

“Bauhof” is uncommon German (frequency #51,958 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,958
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ort, an dem Material gelagert wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-bauhof · Bauhof · German

Bauhof · rank #51,958 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,958
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Baumbestand

Nearest frequency peer: Baumbestand (+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 „Bauhof“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bauhof
PropertyValue
HeadwordBauhof
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbaʊ̯ˌhoːf]
Letters6
Frequency rank#51,958
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bauhof“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Bauhoffällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Baumbestand“ (#51,959), „beaufsichtigen“ (#51,960), „Ballungsräumen“ (#51,955). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bauhof“ bei #51,958. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bauhof is uncommon German at frequency #51,958 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaʊ̯ˌhoːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Bauhof, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Bauhof, spelled B-A-U-H-O-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ort, an dem Material gelagert wird
  2. 2
    kommunaler handwerklicher Betrieb

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Bauhof appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Der Umstand, dass die Lagerung nicht auf dem Grundstück des Verpflichteten, sondern im Bauhof der Firma erfolgte, ändert nichts an der Zugehörigkeit der Vorgangsweise zum Vollstreckungsverfahren und somit zum hoheitlichen Vollzug, sie ist nicht der Firma als »privates Handeln« zuzurechnen.“
  2. „Der Bauhof stellt sicher, dass die Funktion der gemeindlichen Anlagen und Einrichtungen rund um die Uhr jederzeit durch einen ausreichend ausgestatteten und optimal organisierten Unterhaltungs- und Wartungsdienst gewährleistet ist.“

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 "Bauhof"?
"Bauhof" is spelled B-A-U-H-O-F. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaʊ̯ˌhoːf].
What does "Bauhof" mean?
As a noun, "Bauhof" means: Ort, an dem Material gelagert wird
How do you pronounce "Bauhof"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bauhof" is [ˈbaʊ̯ˌhoːf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bauhof" come from?
"Bauhof" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list