Eisenbahnlinie
[ˈaɪ̯zn̩baːnˌliːni̯ə]
The verdict
“Eisenbahnlinie” is uncommon German (frequency #70,193 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,193
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verkehrsverbindung, die von einer Eisenbahn bedient wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-eisenbahnlinie · Eisenbahnlinie · German
Eisenbahnlinie · rank #70,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,193
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Eintritte
Nearest frequency peer: Eintritte (-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 „Eisenbahnlinie“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- einschneide…
einschneidenden
29,811 corpus weight
- einstündige
einstündige
29,810 corpus weight
- Eintritte
Eintritte
29,809 corpus weight
- Eisenbahnli…
Eisenbahnlinie
29,808 corpus weight
- Eismann
Eismann
29,807 corpus weight
- eitle
eitle
29,806 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Eisenbahnlinie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eisenbahnlinie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯zn̩baːnˌliːni̯ə] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #70,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Eisenbahnlinie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Eisenbahnlinie is uncommon German at frequency #70,193 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯zn̩baːnˌliːni̯ə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verkehrsverbindung, die von einer Eisenbahn bedient wird".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Eisenbahnlinie, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Eisenbahnlinie, spelled E-I-S-E-N-B-A-H-N-L-I-N-I-E.
Definition
- 1Verkehrsverbindung, die von einer Eisenbahn bedient wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Eisenbahnlinie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Reisen vor dem Bau der Eisenbahnlinien ist teuer, mühsam und nicht ungefährlich.“
„Draußen auf dem Land, zwei Kilometer von der nächsten Eisenbahnlinie entfernt, im dunklen Reich der russischen Anarchie, zahlt man nach wie vor nichts für Strom.“
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.
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