Schwebebalken
[ˈʃveːbəˌbalkn̩]
The verdict
“Schwebebalken” is uncommon German (frequency #84,546 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,546
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät für Turnübungen, auf einem Gestell befestigter 10 cm breiter und 5 m langer Holzbalken
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwebebalken · Schwebebalken · German
Schwebebalken · rank #84,546 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,546
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schwarzhaarige
Nearest frequency peer: schwarzhaarige (-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 „Schwebebalken“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schulsachen
Schulsachen
15,459 corpus weight
- Schuluniform
Schuluniform
15,458 corpus weight
- schupp
schupp
15,457 corpus weight
- schwarzhaar…
schwarzhaarige
15,456 corpus weight
- Schwebebalk…
Schwebebalken
15,455 corpus weight
- Schwermetal…
Schwermetallen
15,452 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schwebebalken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schwebebalken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃveːbəˌbalkn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #84,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwebebalken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schwebebalken is uncommon German at frequency #84,546 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃveːbəˌbalkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerät für Turnübungen, auf einem Gestell befestigter 10 cm breiter und 5 m langer Holzbalken".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Schwebebalken, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Schwebebalken, spelled S-C-H-W-E-B-E-B-A-L-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Gerät für Turnübungen, auf einem Gestell befestigter 10 cm breiter und 5 m langer Holzbalken
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schwebebalken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Drehungen auf dem Schwebebalken erfordern ein gutes Gleichgewichtsgefühl.
Synonyms
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 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).