Raubbau

[ˈʁaʊ̯pˌbaʊ̯]

/[ˈʁaʊ̯pˌbaʊ̯]/ noun

The verdict

“Raubbau” is uncommon German (frequency #63,682 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,682
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nutzung natürlicher Ressourcen (beispielsweise Böden, Wasser, Luft, Wald) in einem so starken Ausmaß, dass diese Ressourcen schnell erschöpfen (Bergbau) beziehungsweise unwiderruflich geschädigt we...

Corpus desk

Index DE-raubbau · Raubbau · German

Raubbau · rank #63,682 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,682
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ratz

Nearest frequency peer: Ratz (-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 „Raubbau“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Raubbau“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Raubbau
PropertyValue
HeadwordRaubbau
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁaʊ̯pˌbaʊ̯]
Letters7
Frequency rank#63,682
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Raubbau“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Raubbaufällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ratz“ (#63,681), „recherchierten“ (#63,683), „Rechtssprechung“ (#63,684). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Raubbau“ bei #63,682. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Raubbau is uncommon German at frequency #63,682 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁaʊ̯pˌbaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nutzung natürlicher Ressourcen (beispielsweise Böden, Wasser, Luft, Wald) in einem so starken Ausmaß, dass diese Ressourcen schnell erschöpfen (Bergbau) beziehungsweise unwiderruflich geschädigt we...".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Raubbau, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Raubbau, spelled R-A-U-B-B-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nutzung natürlicher Ressourcen (beispielsweise Böden, Wasser, Luft, Wald) in einem so starken Ausmaß, dass diese Ressourcen schnell erschöpfen (Bergbau) beziehungsweise unwiderruflich geschädigt werden (Böden, Wasser, Luft, Wald)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Raubbau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Im Bergwerk Gittersee wird vor der Schließung im Raubbau noch rausgeholt was geht.“
  2. „[…] ich [gehöre] zu der Generation, die Raubbau betreibt an unserem Planeten.“

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Raubbau"?
"Raubbau" is spelled R-A-U-B-B-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁaʊ̯pˌbaʊ̯].
What does "Raubbau" mean?
As a noun, "Raubbau" means: Nutzung natürlicher Ressourcen (beispielsweise Böden, Wasser, Luft, Wald) in einem so starken Ausmaß, dass diese Ressourcen schnell erschöpfen (Bergbau) beziehungsweise unwiderruflich geschädigt we...
How do you pronounce "Raubbau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Raubbau" is [ˈʁaʊ̯pˌbaʊ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Raubbau" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Raubbau", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list