Werkbank
[ˈvɛʁkˌbaŋk]
The verdict
“Werkbank” is uncommon German (frequency #52,583 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,583
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - spezieller Arbeitstisch, der meist von Handwerkern genutzt wird, mit montierten Vorrichtungen wie einem Schraubstock
Corpus desk
Index DE-werkbank · Werkbank · German
Werkbank · rank #52,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,583
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH weltlicher
Nearest frequency peer: weltlicher (-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 „Werkbank“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- weismachen
weismachen
47,421 corpus weight
- weitergibt
weitergibt
47,420 corpus weight
- weltlicher
weltlicher
47,419 corpus weight
- Werkbank
Werkbank
47,418 corpus weight
- Wertsteiger…
Wertsteigerung
47,417 corpus weight
- wicked
wicked
47,416 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Werkbank“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Werkbank |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛʁkˌbaŋk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,583 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Werkbank“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Werkbank is uncommon German at frequency #52,583 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛʁkˌbaŋk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "spezieller Arbeitstisch, der meist von Handwerkern genutzt wird, mit montierten Vorrichtungen wie einem Schraubstock".
Zero misspellings are on record for Werkbank in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Werkbank, spelled W-E-R-K-B-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1spezieller Arbeitstisch, der meist von Handwerkern genutzt wird, mit montierten Vorrichtungen wie einem Schraubstock
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Werkbank appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Chef trug ihm auf, den Akkuschrauber zu holen, der auf der Werkbank lag.
„Ein kleiner Mann drehte sich von der Werkbank um.“
Synonyms
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); 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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