S-Bahn
[ˈɛsˌbaːn]
The verdict
“S-Bahn” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schnellbahn, schienengebundene Nahverkehrslinie, meist auf Eisenbahnstrecken
Corpus desk
Index DE-s-bahn · S-Bahn · German
S-Bahn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | S-Bahn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛsˌbaːn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „S-Bahn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
S-Bahn is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛsˌbaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for S-Bahn in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is S-Bahn, spelled S---B-A-H-N.
Definition
- 1Schnellbahn, schienengebundene Nahverkehrslinie, meist auf Eisenbahnstrecken
- 2S-Bahn-Zug, S-Bahn-Wagen, also das Fahrzeug für [1]
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how S-Bahn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Weißt du, wann die S-Bahn hier einen neuen Bahnhof bekommt?
„Zentral gelegen ist auch dieser Ort nicht, doch der Weg zur S-Bahn ist sehr kurz, die Gegend wohnlich, die Studenten einer nahen Privatuniversität lassen sich blicken, helfen mit.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.