Eisenbahnstrecke

[ˈaɪ̯zn̩baːnˌʃtʁɛkə]

/[ˈaɪ̯zn̩baːnˌʃtʁɛkə]/ noun

The verdict

“Eisenbahnstrecke” is uncommon German (frequency #76,705 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,705
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verbindung von Orten mit einem Schienenweg

Corpus desk

Index DE-eisenbahnstrecke · Eisenbahnstrecke · German

Eisenbahnstrecke · rank #76,705 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,705
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Einzelfalls

Nearest frequency peer: Einzelfalls (-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 „Eisenbahnstrecke“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Eisenbahnstrecke
PropertyValue
HeadwordEisenbahnstrecke
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaɪ̯zn̩baːnˌʃtʁɛkə]
Letters16
Frequency rank#76,705
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Eisenbahnstrecke“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Eisenbahnstreckefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Einzelfalls“ (#76,704), „Einzahl“ (#76,703), „Eisvogel“ (#76,707). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Eisenbahnstrecke“ bei #76,705. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Eisenbahnstrecke is uncommon German at frequency #76,705 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯zn̩baːnˌʃtʁɛkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verbindung von Orten mit einem Schienenweg".

Eisenbahnstrecke doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Eisenbahnstrecke, spelled E-I-S-E-N-B-A-H-N-S-T-R-E-C-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verbindung von Orten mit einem Schienenweg

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Im Deutschen Bund wurden zwischen 1835 und 1870 knapp 25000 km Eisenbahnstrecke gebaut.“
  2. „Der Neubau von Eisenbahnstrecken des Fernverkehrs findet überwiegend im Bereich des Schnell- (< 250 km/h) und Hochgeschwindigkeitsverkehrs (HGV, ≥ 250 km/h) statt.“

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "Eisenbahnstrecke"?
"Eisenbahnstrecke" is spelled E-I-S-E-N-B-A-H-N-S-T-R-E-C-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯zn̩baːnˌʃtʁɛkə].
What does "Eisenbahnstrecke" mean?
As a noun, "Eisenbahnstrecke" means: Verbindung von Orten mit einem Schienenweg
How do you pronounce "Eisenbahnstrecke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Eisenbahnstrecke" is [ˈaɪ̯zn̩baːnˌʃtʁɛkə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Eisenbahnstrecke" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list