Schlagbaum
[ˈʃlaːkˌbaʊ̯m]
The verdict
“Schlagbaum” is uncommon German (frequency #88,250 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,250
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einrichtung zum Blockieren einer Straße oder eines Weges
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlagbaum · Schlagbaum · German
Schlagbaum · rank #88,250 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,250
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schlafender
Nearest frequency peer: Schlafender (-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 „Schlagbaum“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- schiefläuft
schiefläuft
11,755 corpus weight
- Schisser
Schisser
11,754 corpus weight
- Schlafender
Schlafender
11,752 corpus weight
- Schlagbaum
Schlagbaum
11,751 corpus weight
- Schlüsselpo…
Schlüsselpositionen
11,747 corpus weight
- Schnelldurc…
Schnelldurchlauf
11,746 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schlagbaum“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schlagbaum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlaːkˌbaʊ̯m] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,250 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schlagbaum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schlagbaum is uncommon German at frequency #88,250 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlaːkˌbaʊ̯m]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Einrichtung zum Blockieren einer Straße oder eines Weges".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schlagbaum, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schlagbaum, spelled S-C-H-L-A-G-B-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1Einrichtung zum Blockieren einer Straße oder eines Weges
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schlagbaum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Am Schlagbaum fand die Grenzkontrolle statt.
„Der Schlagbaum öffnet sich, und wir fahren auf die Brücke.“
Synonyms
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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