Bogengang
[ˈboːɡn̩ˌɡaŋ]
The verdict
“Bogengang” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seitlich arkadenartig offener, oft überdachter/überwölbter Gang
Corpus desk
Index DE-bogengang · Bogengang · German
Bogengang · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Bogengang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈboːɡn̩ˌɡaŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bogengang“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bogengang is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈboːɡn̩ˌɡaŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Bogengang, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Bogengang, spelled B-O-G-E-N-G-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1seitlich arkadenartig offener, oft überdachter/überwölbter Gang
- 2Gang im Innenohr
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bogengang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich springe heftig zurück, schreie um Hilfe, ziehe meinen Degen und stoße ihn dem ersten durch den Leib; dann springe ich über die kleine Mauer, die den Bogengang zur Straße hin abgrenzt, ins Freie.“
„Unter den fast zweihundert Bogengängen, in den Gärten mischte sich eine vornehme Welt, die Halbwelt und die Unterwelt.“
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.