Kantonalbank

/[kantoˈnaːlˌbaŋk]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#69,404

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Kantonalbank is aGermannoun. It means: durch kantonales Recht errichtetes Geldinstitut, das vollständig oder mehrheitlich im Besitz des jeweiligen Schweizer Kantons ist Pronounced [kantoˈnaːlˌbaŋk].

Key facts for Kantonalbank
PropertyValue
HeadwordKantonalbank
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kantoˈnaːlˌbaŋk]
Letters12
Frequency rank#69,404
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Kantonalbank in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Kantonalbank is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kantoˈnaːlˌbaŋk]. Corpus data places it at rank #69,404 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "durch kantonales Recht errichtetes Geldinstitut, das vollständig oder mehrheitlich im Besitz des jeweiligen Schweizer Kantons ist".

No misspelling variants are generated for Kantonalbank in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Kantonalbank, spelled K-A-N-T-O-N-A-L-B-A-N-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    durch kantonales Recht errichtetes Geldinstitut, das vollständig oder mehrheitlich im Besitz des jeweiligen Schweizer Kantons ist

Frequency rank: #69,404 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kantonalbank"?
"Kantonalbank" is spelled K-A-N-T-O-N-A-L-B-A-N-K. The IPA pronunciation is [kantoˈnaːlˌbaŋk].
What does "Kantonalbank" mean?
As a noun, "Kantonalbank" means: durch kantonales Recht errichtetes Geldinstitut, das vollständig oder mehrheitlich im Besitz des jeweiligen Schweizer Kantons ist
How do you pronounce "Kantonalbank"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kantonalbank" is [kantoˈnaːlˌbaŋk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kantonalbank" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.