Volksbildung
[ˈfɔlksˌbɪldʊŋ]
The verdict
“Volksbildung” is uncommon German (frequency #51,004 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,004
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Aktivität zur) Vermehrung des Wissens in der Gesellschaft außerhalb des klassischen (Hoch-)Schulwesens
Corpus desk
Index DE-volksbildung · Volksbildung · German
Volksbildung · rank #51,004 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,004
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vollzählig
Nearest frequency peer: vollzählig (+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 „Volksbildung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Vitrinen
Vitrinen
49,000 corpus weight
- Volksabstim…
Volksabstimmungen
48,999 corpus weight
- Volksbildung
Volksbildung
48,997 corpus weight
- vollzählig
vollzählig
48,996 corpus weight
- voraussicht…
voraussichtlichen
48,995 corpus weight
- vorbereiten…
vorbereitenden
48,994 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Volksbildung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Volksbildung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔlksˌbɪldʊŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #51,004 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Volksbildung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Volksbildung is uncommon German at frequency #51,004 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔlksˌbɪldʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Volksbildung in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Volksbildung, spelled V-O-L-K-S-B-I-L-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1(Aktivität zur) Vermehrung des Wissens in der Gesellschaft außerhalb des klassischen (Hoch-)Schulwesens
- 2organisierte [1] in der DDR
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Volksbildung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wir, so stellte sich heraus, bestand aus Kristín plus drei älteren Damen aus Stykkishólmur, die sich regelmäßig trafen, um über Literatur, Politik und verschiedene drängende Fortschrittsthemen wie allgemeine Volksbildung, Schulwesen und den Bau von Krankenhäusern zu reden, und über Frauenrechte.“
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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