Wagenburg
[ˈvaːɡn̩ˌbʊʁk]
The verdict
“Wagenburg” is uncommon German (frequency #87,262 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,262
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verteidigungsformation, bei der Wagen und Karren kreisförmig angeordnet sind
Corpus desk
Index DE-wagenburg · Wagenburg · German
Wagenburg · rank #87,262 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,262
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wagemut
Nearest frequency peer: Wagemut (-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 „Wagenburg“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Vulkanismus
Vulkanismus
12,743 corpus weight
- waagrecht
waagrecht
12,742 corpus weight
- Wachstumsma…
Wachstumsmarkt
12,741 corpus weight
- Wagemut
Wagemut
12,740 corpus weight
- Wagenburg
Wagenburg
12,739 corpus weight
- Wahlergebni…
Wahlergebnisses
12,738 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wagenburg“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wagenburg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaːɡn̩ˌbʊʁk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,262 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wagenburg“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wagenburg is uncommon German at frequency #87,262 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaːɡn̩ˌbʊʁk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verteidigungsformation, bei der Wagen und Karren kreisförmig angeordnet sind".
Wagenburg has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Wagenburg, spelled W-A-G-E-N-B-U-R-G.
Definition
- 1Verteidigungsformation, bei der Wagen und Karren kreisförmig angeordnet sind
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wagenburg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Reitergruppe griff die geöffnete Wagenburg an, eroberte sie und hielt sie bis zur Ankunft der zu Hilfe eilenden Infanterie.“
„Die Wagenburg hatte den Vorteil, dass die Kämpfenden schwerer fliehen konnten.“
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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