Burgstall
[ˈbʊʁkˌʃtal]
The verdict
“Burgstall” is uncommon German (frequency #70,114 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,114
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abgegangene (d. h. nicht mehr vorhandene) befestigte mittelalterliche Anlage
Corpus desk
Index DE-burgstall · Burgstall · German
Burgstall · rank #70,114 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,114
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bungalows
Nearest frequency peer: Bungalows (-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 „Burgstall“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Brunswick
Brunswick
29,892 corpus weight
- Bungalows
Bungalows
29,888 corpus weight
- Burgstall
Burgstall
29,887 corpus weight
- Burkini
Burkini
29,886 corpus weight
- BWB
BWB
29,885 corpus weight
- bück
bück
29,883 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Burgstall“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Burgstall |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʊʁkˌʃtal] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #70,114 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Burgstall“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Burgstall is uncommon German at frequency #70,114 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʊʁkˌʃtal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "abgegangene (d. h. nicht mehr vorhandene) befestigte mittelalterliche Anlage".
No misspelling variants are generated for Burgstall in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Burgstall, spelled B-U-R-G-S-T-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1abgegangene (d. h. nicht mehr vorhandene) befestigte mittelalterliche Anlage
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Burgstall appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Burgstall soll ein Schatz vergraben sein; der Berg soll hohl sein und noch allerlei Gänge und gewölbte Keller enthalten.“
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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