Prachtbau
[ˈpʁaxtˌbaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Prachtbau” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großes, aufwendig gestaltetes sowie reich verziertes Bauwerk (das den Reichtum seines Besitzers/Erbauers zum Ausdruck bringen soll)
Corpus desk
Index DE-prachtbau · Prachtbau · German
Prachtbau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | Prachtbau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpʁaxtˌbaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Prachtbau“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Prachtbau is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpʁaxtˌbaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "großes, aufwendig gestaltetes sowie reich verziertes Bauwerk (das den Reichtum seines Besitzers/Erbauers zum Ausdruck bringen soll)".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Prachtbau, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Prachtbau, spelled P-R-A-C-H-T-B-A-U.
Definition
- 1großes, aufwendig gestaltetes sowie reich verziertes Bauwerk (das den Reichtum seines Besitzers/Erbauers zum Ausdruck bringen soll)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Prachtbau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei einem Spaziergang entlang der rund fünf Kilometer langen [Wiener] Ringstraße schreitet man entlang unzähliger Prachtbauten.“
„Sie ließ viele Prachtbauten errichten, die sie unter anderem durch intensiven Opiumanbau finanzierte.“
Synonyms
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.