Sandbank
German, noun/ˈzantˌbaŋk/
Sandbank is spelled S-A-N-D-B-A-N-K (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 63,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sandbank is a German feminine noun meaning “sandbank, shoal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Ablagerung von Sand oder Kies am Grund von Meeren und Flüssen, die wenigstens zeitweise aus dem Wasser…”.
What does Sandbank mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesandbank, shoal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. 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
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Sandbank
- Sandbänke plural
- Sandbänken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sandbank?
- /ˈzantˌbaŋk/
- [ˈzantˌbaŋk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sandbank
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sandbank in German?
Sandbank appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).