Großverband
[ˈɡʁoːsfɛɐ̯ˌbant]
The verdict
“Großverband” 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) - Gliederungsbezeichnung für militärische Truppenteile oberhalb der Verbandsstärke
Corpus desk
Index DE-gro-verband · Großverband · German
Großverband · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | Großverband |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁoːsfɛɐ̯ˌbant] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Großverband“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Großverband is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁoːsfɛɐ̯ˌbant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gliederungsbezeichnung für militärische Truppenteile oberhalb der Verbandsstärke".
Zero misspellings are on record for Großverband in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Großverband, spelled G-R-O-S-S-V-E-R-B-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Gliederungsbezeichnung für militärische Truppenteile oberhalb der Verbandsstärke
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Großverband appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als Großverband werden Truppenteil ab Brigadestärke aufwärts bezeichnet.
Antonyms
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.