Blutbahn

[ˈbluːtˌbaːn]

/[ˈbluːtˌbaːn]/ noun

The verdict

“Blutbahn” is uncommon German (frequency #68,072 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,072
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gefäße, die Blut durch den menschlichen Körper oder durch einen Organismus leiten

Corpus desk

Index DE-blutbahn · Blutbahn · German

Blutbahn · rank #68,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,072
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Blickes

Nearest frequency peer: Blickes (-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 „Blutbahn“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Blutbahn
PropertyValue
HeadwordBlutbahn
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbluːtˌbaːn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#68,072
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Blutbahn“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Blutbahnfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Blickes“ (#68,071), „blutend“ (#68,073), „Bischofshofen“ (#68,070). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Blutbahn“ bei #68,072. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Blutbahn is uncommon German at frequency #68,072 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbluːtˌbaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gefäße, die Blut durch den menschlichen Körper oder durch einen Organismus leiten".

Blutbahn doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Blutbahn, spelled B-L-U-T-B-A-H-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gefäße, die Blut durch den menschlichen Körper oder durch einen Organismus leiten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Blutbahn bildet einen Kreislauf, in dessen Mittelpunkt das Herz steht.
  2. „Theoretisch ist es bei einer subkutanen Insulinresistenz auch möglich, das Hormon in die Blutbahn zu spritzen, aber das ist nur eine Notlösung.“

Synonyms

BlutgefäßsystemBlutkreislauf

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); 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 "Blutbahn"?
"Blutbahn" is spelled B-L-U-T-B-A-H-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbluːtˌbaːn].
What does "Blutbahn" mean?
As a noun, "Blutbahn" means: Gefäße, die Blut durch den menschlichen Körper oder durch einen Organismus leiten
How do you pronounce "Blutbahn"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Blutbahn" is [ˈbluːtˌbaːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Blutbahn" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list