Schwebebalken
[ˈʃveːbəˌbalkn̩]
The verdict
“Schwebebalken” is an uncommon German word, ranked #84,546 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #84,546
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gerät für Turnübungen, auf einem Gestell befestigter 10 cm breiter und 5 m langer Holzbalken
| 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) |
Where “Schwebebalken” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schwebebalken is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃveːbəˌbalkn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #84,546 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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Using “Schwebebalken”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-W-E-B-E-B-A-L-K-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃveːbəˌbalkn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.