Sandbank
[ˈzantˌbaŋk]
The verdict
“Sandbank” is uncommon German (frequency #63,724 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,724
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Ablagerung von Sand oder Kies am Grund von Meeren und Flüssen, die wenigstens zeitweise aus dem Wasser ragt, gebildet durch die Tide und Strömung
Corpus desk
Index DE-sandbank · Sandbank · German
Sandbank · rank #63,724 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,724
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH sampling
Nearest frequency peer: sampling (-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 „Sandbank“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Salerno
Salerno
36,280 corpus weight
- salvator
salvator
36,279 corpus weight
- sampling
sampling
36,278 corpus weight
- Sandbank
Sandbank
36,277 corpus weight
- Satteldach
Satteldach
36,275 corpus weight
- scary
scary
36,274 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sandbank“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sandbank |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzantˌbaŋk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sandbank“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sandbank is uncommon German at frequency #63,724 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzantˌbaŋk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Ablagerung von Sand oder Kies am Grund von Meeren und Flüssen, die wenigstens zeitweise aus dem Wasser ragt, gebildet durch die Tide und Strömung".
Sandbank doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Sandbank, spelled S-A-N-D-B-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1eine Ablagerung von Sand oder Kies am Grund von Meeren und Flüssen, die wenigstens zeitweise aus dem Wasser ragt, gebildet durch die Tide und Strömung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sandbank appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sandbänke können für Schiffe gefährlich werden.
„Kurz vor Sonnenuntergang legte Moussa die Piroge auf eine Sandbank mitten im Fluss.“
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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