Brückenkopf
[ˈbʁʏkn̩ˌkɔp͡f]
The verdict
“Brückenkopf” is uncommon German (frequency #62,267 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,267
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - militärisch gesicherte Stellung auf der Seite eines Gewässers, die ansonsten noch vom Feind gehalten wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-bruckenkopf · Brückenkopf · German
Brückenkopf · rank #62,267 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,267
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bringschuld
Nearest frequency peer: Bringschuld (-3 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 „Brückenkopf“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- boule
boule
37,740 corpus weight
- bpm
bpm
37,739 corpus weight
- breaks
breaks
37,738 corpus weight
- Bringschuld
Bringschuld
37,737 corpus weight
- Brückenkopf
Brückenkopf
37,734 corpus weight
- bueno
bueno
37,729 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Brückenkopf“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brückenkopf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁʏkn̩ˌkɔp͡f] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Brückenkopf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Brückenkopf is uncommon German at frequency #62,267 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁʏkn̩ˌkɔp͡f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "militärisch gesicherte Stellung auf der Seite eines Gewässers, die ansonsten noch vom Feind gehalten wird".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Brückenkopf in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Brückenkopf, spelled B-R-Ü-C-K-E-N-K-O-P-F.
Definition
- 1militärisch gesicherte Stellung auf der Seite eines Gewässers, die ansonsten noch vom Feind gehalten wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Brückenkopf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch mit dem Kriegsende besserte sich die Lage nicht, im Gegenteil, am 12. Dezember 1918 zogen amerikanische Truppen in das Stadtgebiet ein und besetzten den sogenannten Brückenkopf.“
„Von seinem Brückenkopf bei Küstrin waren es nur noch achtzig Kilometer nach Berlin.“
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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