Drehmaschine
[ˈdʁeːmaˌʃiːnə]
The verdict
“Drehmaschine” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Werkzeugmaschine, bei der ein rotierendes Werkstück durch Spanen mittels eines scharfen Werkzeugs bearbeitet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-drehmaschine · Drehmaschine · German
Drehmaschine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Drehmaschine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁeːmaˌʃiːnə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Drehmaschine“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Drehmaschine is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁeːmaˌʃiːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Werkzeugmaschine, bei der ein rotierendes Werkstück durch Spanen mittels eines scharfen Werkzeugs bearbeitet wird".
Zero misspellings are on record for Drehmaschine in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Drehmaschine, spelled D-R-E-H-M-A-S-C-H-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Werkzeugmaschine, bei der ein rotierendes Werkstück durch Spanen mittels eines scharfen Werkzeugs bearbeitet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Drehmaschine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Zerspanungsmechaniker dreht an der Drehmaschine ein rundes Passstück.
„Die Drehmaschine bei der Berufsinformationsmesse hat mich viel mehr fasziniert als nur in die Schule zu gehen.“
Synonyms
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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.