entrance hall

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The verdict

“entrance hall” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - große öffentliche Gebäude: Eingangshalle

Corpus desk

Index DE-entrance-hall · entrance hall · German

entrance hall · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" 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.

Key facts for entrance hall
PropertyValue
Headwordentrance hall
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[…]
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „entrance hall“ im Deutschen

entrance hallschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

entrance hall is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for entrance hall in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is entrance hall, spelled E-N-T-R-A-N-C-E- -H-A-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    große öffentliche Gebäude: Eingangshalle
  2. 2
    kleine (Wohn-) Gebäude: Hausflur

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The entrance hall was famous for its high roof and wide staircase.
  2. You enter the house via the entrance hall.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entrance hall"?
"entrance hall" is spelled E-N-T-R-A-N-C-E- -H-A-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "entrance hall" mean?
As a phrase, "entrance hall" means: große öffentliche Gebäude: Eingangshalle
How do you pronounce "entrance hall"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entrance hall" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entrance hall" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list