Vagabunden

[vaɡaˈbʊndn̩]

/[vaɡaˈbʊndn̩]/ noun

The verdict

“Vagabunden” is uncommon German (frequency #66,812 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,812
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Vagabund

Corpus desk

Index DE-vagabunden · Vagabunden · German

Vagabunden · rank #66,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,812
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH urkundlichen

Nearest frequency peer: urkundlichen (-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 „Vagabunden“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Vagabunden
PropertyValue
HeadwordVagabunden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[vaɡaˈbʊndn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#66,812
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Vagabunden“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Vagabundenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „urkundlichen“ (#66,811), „VAT“ (#66,813), „unvollständiger“ (#66,809). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Vagabunden“ bei #66,812. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Vagabunden is uncommon German at frequency #66,812 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [vaɡaˈbʊndn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

Vagabunden doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Vagabunden, spelled V-A-G-A-B-U-N-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Vagabund
  2. 2
    Dativ Singular des Substantivs Vagabund
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Singular des Substantivs Vagabund
  4. 4
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Vagabund
  5. 5
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Vagabund
  6. 6
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Vagabund
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Vagabund

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 "Vagabunden"?
"Vagabunden" is spelled V-A-G-A-B-U-N-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [vaɡaˈbʊndn̩].
What does "Vagabunden" mean?
As a noun, "Vagabunden" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Vagabund
How do you pronounce "Vagabunden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vagabunden" is [vaɡaˈbʊndn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vagabunden" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list