Bombenleger
[ˈbɔmbn̩ˌleːɡɐ]
The verdict
“Bombenleger” is uncommon German (frequency #78,980 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,980
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die eine Bombe an einem Ort platziert (wo sie später detonieren soll)
Corpus desk
Index DE-bombenleger · Bombenleger · German
Bombenleger · rank #78,980 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,980
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bombardierung…
Nearest frequency peer: Bombardierungen (-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 „Bombenleger“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- bleibender
bleibender
21,025 corpus weight
- Bombardieru…
Bombardierungen
21,022 corpus weight
- Bombenleger
Bombenleger
21,021 corpus weight
- Bornholm
Bornholm
21,020 corpus weight
- Bosses
Bosses
21,019 corpus weight
- brachial
brachial
21,017 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bombenleger“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bombenleger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɔmbn̩ˌleːɡɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #78,980 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bombenleger“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bombenleger is uncommon German at frequency #78,980 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɔmbn̩ˌleːɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die eine Bombe an einem Ort platziert (wo sie später detonieren soll)".
Bombenleger doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Bombenleger, spelled B-O-M-B-E-N-L-E-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die eine Bombe an einem Ort platziert (wo sie später detonieren soll)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bombenleger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Regelfall sind Bombenleger auch Bombenbauer.
„Knapp drei Jahre nach den verheerenden Anschlägen in spanischen Pendlerzügen am 11. März 2004 müssen sich 29 mutmaßliche Bombenleger und ihre Helfer in Madrid vor Gericht verantworten.“
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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.
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