Raubbau
[ˈʁaʊ̯pˌbaʊ̯]
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
- Rasenfläche
Rasenfläche
36,322 corpus weight
- Ratz
Ratz
36,320 corpus weight
- Raubbau
Raubbau
36,319 corpus weight
- recherchier…
recherchierten
36,318 corpus weight
- Rechtssprec…
Rechtssprechung
36,317 corpus weight
- Recife
Recife
36,316 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Raubbau“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Raubbau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁaʊ̯pˌbaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,682 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Raubbau“ im Deutschen
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
- 1Nutzung 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 examplesThese source excerpts show how Raubbau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Bergwerk Gittersee wird vor der Schließung im Raubbau noch rausgeholt was geht.“
„[…] 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).