Dachsbau
[ˈdaksˌbaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Dachsbau” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bau eines Dachses; die Höhle eines Dachses
Corpus desk
Index DE-dachsbau · Dachsbau · German
Dachsbau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | Dachsbau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdaksˌbaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dachsbau“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dachsbau is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdaksˌbaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bau eines Dachses; die Höhle eines Dachses".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Dachsbau, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Dachsbau, spelled D-A-C-H-S-B-A-U.
Definition
- 1Bau eines Dachses; die Höhle eines Dachses
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dachsbau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Laut Gert trainierte sie die Dackel in künstlich angelegten Dachs- und Fuchsbauen, damit sie besser Witterung aufnehmen lernten.“
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.