BWB

abbrev

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The verdict

“BWB” is uncommon German (frequency #70,116 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,116
frequency rank, German
72,680
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung

Key facts for BWB
PropertyValue
HeadwordBWB
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters3
Frequency rank#70,116
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “BWB” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). BWB lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

BWB is uncommon German at frequency #70,116 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for BWB in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is BWB, spelled B-W-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung
  2. 2
    Berliner Wasserbetriebe

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 "BWB"?
"BWB" is spelled B-W-B.
What does "BWB" mean?
As an abbreviation, "BWB" means: Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung
What language does "BWB" come from?
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Using “BWB”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-W-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list