Hochbahn
[ˈhoːxˌbaːn]
The verdict
“Hochbahn” is uncommon German (frequency #52,159 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,159
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schienengebundenes Nahverkehrsmittel, das ganz oder zumindest streckenweise in deutlichem Abstand über dem Erdboden verläuft
Corpus desk
Index DE-hochbahn · Hochbahn · German
Hochbahn · rank #52,159 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,159
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hochaltar
Nearest frequency peer: Hochaltar (-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 „Hochbahn“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- heterogenen
heterogenen
47,846 corpus weight
- hierarchisc…
hierarchische
47,845 corpus weight
- hitman
hitman
47,844 corpus weight
- Hochaltar
Hochaltar
47,843 corpus weight
- Hochbahn
Hochbahn
47,842 corpus weight
- hochgefahren
hochgefahren
47,841 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hochbahn“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hochbahn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhoːxˌbaːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,159 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hochbahn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hochbahn is uncommon German at frequency #52,159 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhoːxˌbaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schienengebundenes Nahverkehrsmittel, das ganz oder zumindest streckenweise in deutlichem Abstand über dem Erdboden verläuft".
Hochbahn doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Hochbahn, spelled H-O-C-H-B-A-H-N.
Definition
- 1schienengebundenes Nahverkehrsmittel, das ganz oder zumindest streckenweise in deutlichem Abstand über dem Erdboden verläuft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hochbahn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Licht dieses vorhergehenden Erlebnisses in der Hochbahn erkannte ich klar, daß sich ein neues Element offenbarte - eines, das ungeheuere Bedeutung hatte.“
„Die drei Berliner Verkehrsunternehmen, Straßenbahn, Hoch- und Untergrundbahn, Omnibus, bilden eine Tarifgemeinschaft.“
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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