festbinden
[ˈfɛstˌbɪndn̩]
The verdict
“festbinden” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einem Seil (Band) befestigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-festbinden · festbinden · German
festbinden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | festbinden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɛstˌbɪndn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „festbinden“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
festbinden is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɛstˌbɪndn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit einem Seil (Band) befestigen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for festbinden, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is festbinden, spelled F-E-S-T-B-I-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit einem Seil (Band) befestigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how festbinden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bind den Hund fest!
Wir banden das Schlauchboot an der Reling fest.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.