Festungsbau
[ˈfɛstʊŋsˌbaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Festungsbau” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Errichten einer Festung
Corpus desk
Index DE-festungsbau · Festungsbau · German
Festungsbau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Festungsbau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛstʊŋsˌbaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Festungsbau“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Festungsbau is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛstʊŋsˌbaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Festungsbau, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Festungsbau, spelled F-E-S-T-U-N-G-S-B-A-U.
Definition
- 1Errichten einer Festung
- 2Bauwerk, das eine Festung/Teil einer Festung ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Festungsbau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Fortifikationswesen verwissenschaftlichte sich, und der Festungsbau wurde teurer und teurer.“
„Die Entwicklung hin zu den gezogenen Kanonenrohren war jedoch absehbar, und schon wenige Jahrzehnte nach ihrer Erbauung (ca. 1860) galten die Festungsbauten als militärisch überholt.“
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.