Bundesautobahn

[ˈbʊndəsˌʔaʊ̯tobaːn]

/[ˈbʊndəsˌʔaʊ̯tobaːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bundesautobahn” is uncommon German (frequency #73,337 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,337
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autobahn in Deutschland und Österreich

Corpus desk

Index DE-bundesautobahn · Bundesautobahn · German

Bundesautobahn · rank #73,337 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,337
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bulimie

Nearest frequency peer: Bulimie (-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 „Bundesautobahn“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bundesautobahn
PropertyValue
HeadwordBundesautobahn
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʊndəsˌʔaʊ̯tobaːn]
Letters14
Frequency rank#73,337
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bundesautobahn“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Bundesautobahnfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bulimie“ (#73,336), „BSH“ (#73,335), „Bunge“ (#73,339). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bundesautobahn“ bei #73,337. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bundesautobahn is uncommon German at frequency #73,337 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʊndəsˌʔaʊ̯tobaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autobahn in Deutschland und Österreich".

No misspelling variants are generated for Bundesautobahn in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Bundesautobahn, spelled B-U-N-D-E-S-A-U-T-O-B-A-H-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Autobahn in Deutschland und Österreich

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Für die Bundesautobahn ist das Bundesverkehrsministerium zuständig.

Synonyms

Autobahn

This word in other languages

autobahn(English)

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 "Bundesautobahn"?
"Bundesautobahn" is spelled B-U-N-D-E-S-A-U-T-O-B-A-H-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʊndəsˌʔaʊ̯tobaːn].
What does "Bundesautobahn" mean?
As a noun, "Bundesautobahn" means: Autobahn in Deutschland und Österreich
How do you pronounce "Bundesautobahn"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bundesautobahn" is [ˈbʊndəsˌʔaʊ̯tobaːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bundesautobahn" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list