Staatsbahnen

[ˈʃtaːt͡sˌbaːnən]

/[ˈʃtaːt͡sˌbaːnən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Staatsbahnen” is uncommon German (frequency #52,453 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,453
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Staatsbahn

Corpus desk

Index DE-staatsbahnen · Staatsbahnen · German

Staatsbahnen · rank #52,453 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,453
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Staatengemein…

Nearest frequency peer: Staatengemeinschaft (-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 „Staatsbahnen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Staatsbahnen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Staatsbahnen
PropertyValue
HeadwordStaatsbahnen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtaːt͡sˌbaːnən]
Letters12
Frequency rank#52,453
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Staatsbahnen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Staatsbahnenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Staatengemeinschaft“ (#52,452), „sprichwörtliche“ (#52,451), „sprechender“ (#52,450). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Staatsbahnen“ bei #52,453. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Staatsbahnen is uncommon German at frequency #52,453 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaːt͡sˌbaːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Staatsbahnen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 Staatsbahnen, spelled S-T-A-A-T-S-B-A-H-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Staatsbahn
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Staatsbahn
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Staatsbahn
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Staatsbahn

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Staatsbahnen"?
"Staatsbahnen" is spelled S-T-A-A-T-S-B-A-H-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtaːt͡sˌbaːnən].
What does "Staatsbahnen" mean?
As a noun, "Staatsbahnen" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Staatsbahn
How do you pronounce "Staatsbahnen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Staatsbahnen" is [ˈʃtaːt͡sˌbaːnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Staatsbahnen" come from?
"Staatsbahnen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Staatsbahnen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sperrklausel#52,440stundenlange#52,467Sechsjährige#52,416schüchternen#52,413

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list