Totenbahre
[ˈtoːtn̩ˌbaːʁə]
The verdict
“Totenbahre” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Bahre, auf der der Sarg während der Beerdigung steht
Corpus desk
Index DE-totenbahre · Totenbahre · German
Totenbahre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Totenbahre |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtoːtn̩ˌbaːʁə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Totenbahre“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Totenbahre is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtoːtn̩ˌbaːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Bahre, auf der der Sarg während der Beerdigung steht".
Totenbahre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Totenbahre, spelled T-O-T-E-N-B-A-H-R-E.
Definition
- 1die Bahre, auf der der Sarg während der Beerdigung steht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Totenbahre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Lehmann liegt, die Hände gefaltet, auf einem sogenannten Katafalk, einer Totenbahre.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.