Hängebrücke
[ˈhɛŋəˌbʁʏkə]
The verdict
“Hängebrücke” is uncommon German (frequency #63,430 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,430
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brücke, deren Fahrbahn mit Ketten, Stahlseilen an Stützen oder Pfeilern aufgehängt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-hangebrucke · Hängebrücke · German
Hängebrücke · rank #63,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,430
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hämmerte
Nearest frequency peer: hämmerte (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Hängebrücke“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hundertjähr…
hundertjährige
36,575 corpus weight
- Hundertscha…
Hundertschaft
36,574 corpus weight
- hämmerte
hämmerte
36,572 corpus weight
- Hängebrücke
Hängebrücke
36,571 corpus weight
- hüpfte
hüpfte
36,569 corpus weight
- iff
iff
36,568 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hängebrücke“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hängebrücke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛŋəˌbʁʏkə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #63,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hängebrücke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hängebrücke is uncommon German at frequency #63,430 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛŋəˌbʁʏkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Brücke, deren Fahrbahn mit Ketten, Stahlseilen an Stützen oder Pfeilern aufgehängt ist".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hängebrücke, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Hängebrücke, spelled H-Ä-N-G-E-B-R-Ü-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1Brücke, deren Fahrbahn mit Ketten, Stahlseilen an Stützen oder Pfeilern aufgehängt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hängebrücke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Hängebrücke bietet einen imposanten Ausblick.
Die Verkabelung der Hängebrücke ist sehr stabil gebaut.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).