droben

[ˈdʁoːbn̩]

/[ˈdʁoːbn̩]/ adv

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The verdict

“droben” is uncommon German (frequency #74,495 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,495
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf einer höher gelegenen Stelle

Corpus desk

Index DE-droben · droben · German

droben · rank #74,495 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,495
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH drogenabhängig

Nearest frequency peer: drogenabhängig (+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 „droben“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for droben
PropertyValue
Headworddroben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[ˈdʁoːbn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#74,495
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „droben“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „drogenabhängig“ (#74,496), „drinking“ (#74,493), „drunk“ (#74,497). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „droben“ bei #74,495. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

droben is uncommon German at frequency #74,495 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈdʁoːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf einer höher gelegenen Stelle".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for droben, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is droben, spelled D-R-O-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf einer höher gelegenen Stelle

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Droben am Himmel flogen die Vögel.
  2. Die Jungen sind droben in den Bergen.

Antonyms

drunten

This word in other languages

up there(English)là-haut(Français)

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 "droben"?
"droben" is spelled D-R-O-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʁoːbn̩].
What does "droben" mean?
As an adverb, "droben" means: auf einer höher gelegenen Stelle
How do you pronounce "droben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "droben" is [ˈdʁoːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "droben" come from?
"droben" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Enzyms#74,527cosmic#74,453cheats#74,442cement#74,438

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list