Bfw

abbrev

The verdict

“Bfw” is uncommon German (frequency #80,165 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,165
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzung von „Befehlswagen“

Corpus desk

Index DE-bfw · Bfw · German

Bfw · rank #80,165 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,165
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bezugnehmend

Nearest frequency peer: bezugnehmend (-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 „Bfw“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bfw
PropertyValue
HeadwordBfw
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters3
Frequency rank#80,165
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bfw“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bezugnehmend“ (#80,164), „Bibelstellen“ (#80,166), „Bewegungsablauf“ (#80,161). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bfw“ bei #80,165. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bfw is uncommon German at frequency #80,165 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Bfw, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Bfw, spelled B-F-W.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abkürzung von „Befehlswagen“
  2. 2
    Abkürzung von „Bankfachwirt“
  3. 3
    Abkürzung von „Berufsfeuerwehr“

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Bei den Befehlswagen (BFW) der Feuerwehr Hamburg handelt es sich um große Einsatzleitwagen (ELW 3), also um mobile Befehlsstellen. Die FF Eimsbüttel als Wehr mit einer Fernmeldekomponente fährt in Sonderfällen Einsätze damit.

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 "Bfw"?
"Bfw" is spelled B-F-W.
What does "Bfw" mean?
As an abbreviation, "Bfw" means: Abkürzung von „Befehlswagen“
What language does "Bfw" come from?
"Bfw" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list