Bordsteinschwalbe
[ˈbɔʁtʃtaɪ̯nˌʃvalbə]
The verdict
“Bordsteinschwalbe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frau, die Straßenprostitution betreibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-bordsteinschwalbe · Bordsteinschwalbe · German
Bordsteinschwalbe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 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 | Bordsteinschwalbe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɔʁtʃtaɪ̯nˌʃvalbə] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bordsteinschwalbe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bordsteinschwalbe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɔʁtʃtaɪ̯nˌʃvalbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Frau, die Straßenprostitution betreibt".
Bordsteinschwalbe has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Bordsteinschwalbe, spelled B-O-R-D-S-T-E-I-N-S-C-H-W-A-L-B-E.
Definition
- 1Frau, die Straßenprostitution betreibt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bordsteinschwalbe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„… Straßen von Les Halles streifen, auf der Suche nach einer Prostituierten, wenn das Möse-Schwanz-Problem außer Kontrolle geriet (das Kribbeln im Unterleib, wenn er an all den Bordsteinschwalben vorbeiging, dann kurzfristig Entspannung, aber der Sex war schnell und trostlos, unpersönliche Ficks, die nichts bedeuteten, ihn jedoch auf dem langen Heimweg du…
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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.