Schwebebahn
[ˈʃveːbəˌbaːn]
The verdict
“Schwebebahn” is uncommon German (frequency #53,221 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,221
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verkehrsmittel, bei dem eine Gondel an einem in der Luft hängenden Seil oder entlang einer oberhalb verlaufenden Schiene bewegt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwebebahn · Schwebebahn · German
Schwebebahn · rank #53,221 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,221
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schwarzbraun
Nearest frequency peer: schwarzbraun (-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 „Schwebebahn“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- schubst
schubst
46,783 corpus weight
- Schwachkopf
Schwachkopf
46,782 corpus weight
- schwarzbraun
schwarzbraun
46,781 corpus weight
- Schwebebahn
Schwebebahn
46,780 corpus weight
- schwerfällt
schwerfällt
46,779 corpus weight
- Schwermetal…
Schwermetalle
46,778 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schwebebahn“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schwebebahn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃveːbəˌbaːn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #53,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwebebahn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schwebebahn is uncommon German at frequency #53,221 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃveːbəˌbaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verkehrsmittel, bei dem eine Gondel an einem in der Luft hängenden Seil oder entlang einer oberhalb verlaufenden Schiene bewegt wird".
Schwebebahn has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Schwebebahn, spelled S-C-H-W-E-B-E-B-A-H-N.
Definition
- 1Verkehrsmittel, bei dem eine Gondel an einem in der Luft hängenden Seil oder entlang einer oberhalb verlaufenden Schiene bewegt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schwebebahn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Wuppertaler Schwebebahn fährt von Oberbarmen nach Vohwinkel.
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).