Beobachtungsturm
[bəˈʔoːbaxtʊŋsˌtʊʁm]
The verdict
“Beobachtungsturm” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Turm, der der Aussicht und Fernsicht (meist in der Freizeit) dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-beobachtungsturm · Beobachtungsturm · German
Beobachtungsturm · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Beobachtungsturm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈʔoːbaxtʊŋsˌtʊʁm] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Beobachtungsturm“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Beobachtungsturm is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈʔoːbaxtʊŋsˌtʊʁm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Beobachtungsturm has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Beobachtungsturm, spelled B-E-O-B-A-C-H-T-U-N-G-S-T-U-R-M.
Definition
- 1Turm, der der Aussicht und Fernsicht (meist in der Freizeit) dient
- 2Turm, der der Kontrolle und Bewachung/Überwachung einer Fläche/eines Geländes dient, beispielsweise an der Berliner Mauer, einem Konzentrationslager oder zur Verhinderung des Ausbreitens von Waldbränden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Beobachtungsturm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Teilweise über Holzstege führt ein Weg zu einem Beobachtungsturm, der einen schönen Blick auf den See und das Naturschutzgebiet am sumpfigen Ufer bietet.“
„Von einem Beobachtungsturm aus lassen sich die zahlreichen Vögel im Naturschutzgebiet Katinger Watt gut erkennen.“
Synonyms
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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.