Bagel
[ˈbeːɡl̩]
The verdict
“Bagel” is uncommon German (frequency #66,015 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,015
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ringförmiges brötchenähnliches Gebäck aus ungesüßtem Hefeteig, das vor dem Backen in siedendes Wasser gegeben wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-bagel · Bagel · German
Bagel · rank #66,015 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,015
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Azad
Nearest frequency peer: Azad (-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 „Bagel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Autobombe
Autobombe
33,990 corpus weight
- Automechani…
Automechaniker
33,989 corpus weight
- Azad
Azad
33,987 corpus weight
- Bagel
Bagel
33,986 corpus weight
- bahnte
bahnte
33,984 corpus weight
- Baht
Baht
33,983 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bagel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bagel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbeːɡl̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,015 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bagel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bagel is uncommon German at frequency #66,015 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbeːɡl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ringförmiges brötchenähnliches Gebäck aus ungesüßtem Hefeteig, das vor dem Backen in siedendes Wasser gegeben wird".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Bagel, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Bagel, spelled B-A-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1ringförmiges brötchenähnliches Gebäck aus ungesüßtem Hefeteig, das vor dem Backen in siedendes Wasser gegeben wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bagel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Und zumindest in den Städten sind ‚Bagels‘, kleine Ringbrote, deren Teig zunächst gekocht und dann gebacken wird, oder ‚Pastrami‘, ein saftiger Fleischkäse, feste Begriffe.“
„Selbst die Bagel, sonst goldbraune Unterlage für ‚creamcheese und Lox‘, der jüdischen Frühstücksspezialität, waren an jenem Tage grün.“
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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