Windböen

[ˈvɪntˌbøːən]

/[ˈvɪntˌbøːən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Windböen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,038 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,038
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Windböe

Corpus desk

Index DE-windboen · Windböen · German

Windböen · rank #55,038 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,038
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH wiewohl

Nearest frequency peer: wiewohl (-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 „Windböen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Windböen
PropertyValue
HeadwordWindböen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvɪntˌbøːən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,038
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Windböen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Windböenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „wiewohl“ (#55,037), „Windungen“ (#55,039), „wired“ (#55,040). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „Windböen“ bei #55,038. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Windböen is uncommon German at frequency #55,038 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪntˌbøːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Windböen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 Windböen, spelled W-I-N-D-B-Ö-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Windböe
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Windböe
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Windböe
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Windböe

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 "Windböen"?
"Windböen" is spelled W-I-N-D-B-Ö-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɪntˌbøːən].
What does "Windböen" mean?
As a noun, "Windböen" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Windböe
How do you pronounce "Windböen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Windböen" is [ˈvɪntˌbøːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Windböen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wehrlose#55,027zerteilt#55,056Zuwächse#55,063verleihe#54,998

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list