Eisenbahngesellschaft

[ˈaɪ̯zn̩baːnɡəˌzɛlʃaft]

/[ˈaɪ̯zn̩baːnɡəˌzɛlʃaft]/ noun

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The verdict

“Eisenbahngesellschaft” is uncommon German (frequency #60,513 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,513
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesellschaft, die eine Eisenbahn betreibt

Corpus desk

Index DE-eisenbahngesellschaft · Eisenbahngesellschaft · German

Eisenbahngesellschaft · rank #60,513 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,513
  • LEN-MEGA 21 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH einzutauchen

Nearest frequency peer: einzutauchen (-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 „Eisenbahngesellschaft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Eisenbahngesellschaft
PropertyValue
HeadwordEisenbahngesellschaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaɪ̯zn̩baːnɡəˌzɛlʃaft]
Letters21
Frequency rank#60,513
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Eisenbahngesellschaft“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „einzutauchen“ (#60,512), „einzufahren“ (#60,511), „eislaufen“ (#60,515). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Eisenbahngesellschaft“ bei #60,513. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Eisenbahngesellschaft is uncommon German at frequency #60,513 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯zn̩baːnɡəˌzɛlʃaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gesellschaft, die eine Eisenbahn betreibt".

Zero misspellings are on record for Eisenbahngesellschaft in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Eisenbahngesellschaft, spelled E-I-S-E-N-B-A-H-N-G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesellschaft, die eine Eisenbahn betreibt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „In Leipzig half er tatkräftig mit, die erste deutsche Ferneisenbahnstrecke nach Dresden Wirklichkeit werden zu lassen, und die darauf folgenden Eisenbahnstrecken und -gesellschaften sind von ihm beeinflusst.“

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 "Eisenbahngesellschaft"?
"Eisenbahngesellschaft" is spelled E-I-S-E-N-B-A-H-N-G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯zn̩baːnɡəˌzɛlʃaft].
What does "Eisenbahngesellschaft" mean?
As a noun, "Eisenbahngesellschaft" means: Gesellschaft, die eine Eisenbahn betreibt
How do you pronounce "Eisenbahngesellschaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Eisenbahngesellschaft" is [ˈaɪ̯zn̩baːnɡəˌzɛlʃaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Eisenbahngesellschaft" come from?
"Eisenbahngesellschaft" 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 "Eisenbahngesellschaft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 21 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list