Geigenbogen
German, noun
Geigenbogen is spelled G-E-I-G-E-N-B-O-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 293,729th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geigenbogen is a German masculine noun meaning “violin bow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Geigenbögen is a different word: “plural of Geigenbogen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Stab mit elastischer Bespannung zum Spielen einer Geige”.
What does Geigenbogen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineviolin bow
noun
- 1
plural of Geigenbogen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Stab mit elastischer Bespannung zum Spielen einer Geige
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Geigenbogen
- Geigenbogens genitive
- Geigenbögen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Geigenbogen in German?
Geigenbogen appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).