Rollbahn
[ˈʁɔlˌbaːn]
The verdict
“Rollbahn” is uncommon German (frequency #92,151 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,151
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von Flugzeugen befahrbarer Weg, der das Vorfeld eines Flugplatzes mit den Start- und Landebahnen verbindet
Corpus desk
Index DE-rollbahn · Rollbahn · German
Rollbahn · rank #92,151 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,151
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Rona
Nearest frequency peer: Rona (+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 „Rollbahn“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Rodelbahn
Rodelbahn
7,853 corpus weight
- Rogen
Rogen
7,852 corpus weight
- Rollbahn
Rollbahn
7,850 corpus weight
- Rona
Rona
7,849 corpus weight
- rotbraune
rotbraune
7,847 corpus weight
- routers
routers
7,846 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Rollbahn“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rollbahn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɔlˌbaːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rollbahn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rollbahn is uncommon German at frequency #92,151 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɔlˌbaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von Flugzeugen befahrbarer Weg, der das Vorfeld eines Flugplatzes mit den Start- und Landebahnen verbindet".
Zero misspellings are on record for Rollbahn in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Rollbahn, spelled R-O-L-L-B-A-H-N.
Definition
- 1von Flugzeugen befahrbarer Weg, der das Vorfeld eines Flugplatzes mit den Start- und Landebahnen verbindet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rollbahn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Experten sollen nun klären, wie es zu dem Kontakt kommen konnte. Dafür sei ein Teil der Rollbahn gesperrt worden, berichtete der Sender RTE.“
„Über einen Zufahrtsweg, der ausschließlich für Luftfahrtpersonal gedacht ist, lotste der Dienst die Fahrer bis auf eine Rollbahn, den "Taxiway Bravo".“
Synonyms
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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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