Wölbung
[ˈvœlbʊŋ]
The verdict
“Wölbung” is uncommon German (frequency #60,268 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,268
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, das eine bogenförmige, gekrümmte Form hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-wolbung · Wölbung · German
Wölbung · rank #60,268 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,268
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wuchern
Nearest frequency peer: wuchern (-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 „Wölbung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wissenschaf…
Wissenschafter
39,738 corpus weight
- wissenswerte
wissenswerte
39,737 corpus weight
- Witzes
Witzes
39,735 corpus weight
- wuchern
wuchern
39,734 corpus weight
- Wölbung
Wölbung
39,733 corpus weight
- Yb
Yb
39,732 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wölbung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wölbung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvœlbʊŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,268 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wölbung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wölbung is uncommon German at frequency #60,268 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvœlbʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas, das eine bogenförmige, gekrümmte Form hat".
No misspelling variants are generated for Wölbung in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Wölbung, spelled W-Ö-L-B-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1etwas, das eine bogenförmige, gekrümmte Form hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wölbung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine Wölbung des Bodens nach innen macht den Korb stärker, weil das Gewicht abgeleitet wird.“
„Und Gott sprach: Es werde eine Wölbung mitten im Wasser, und es sei eine Scheidung zwischen dem Wasser und dem Wasser!“
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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