baggern

[ˈbaɡɐn]

/[ˈbaɡɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“baggern” is uncommon German (frequency #75,419 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,419
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas mit Hilfe eines Baggers herstellen

Corpus desk

Index DE-baggern · baggern · German

baggern · rank #75,419 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,419
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Badeanstalt

Nearest frequency peer: Badeanstalt (-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 „baggern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for baggern
PropertyValue
Headwordbaggern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbaɡɐn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#75,419
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „baggern“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Badeanstalt“ (#75,418), „bags“ (#75,420), „Backdoor“ (#75,417). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „baggern“ bei #75,419. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

baggern is uncommon German at frequency #75,419 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbaɡɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for baggern in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 baggern, spelled B-A-G-G-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas mit Hilfe eines Baggers herstellen
  2. 2
    mit einem Bagger arbeiten, meist Erdreich ausheben
  3. 3
    mit beiden lang gestreckten Armen, wobei die Hände zur Doppelfaust verbunden sind, einen anfliegenden Ball von der Fläche, die mit beiden Unterarmen gebildet wird, in die gewünschte Richtung lenken
  4. 4
    intransitiv, offensichtlich sexuelles Interesse gegenüber jemandem zeigen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how baggern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Zu diesem Zweck muss man einen Graben oder Kanal baggern.
  2. Wir baggern, damit die Fahrrinne die nötige Tiefe behält.

Synonyms

aushebenanbaggernanmachenflirten

This word in other languages

excavate(English)dragar(Español)creuser(Français)escavar(Português)

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 "baggern"?
"baggern" is spelled B-A-G-G-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaɡɐn].
What does "baggern" mean?
As a verb, "baggern" means: etwas mit Hilfe eines Baggers herstellen
How do you pronounce "baggern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baggern" is [ˈbaɡɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

autobus#75,412basalen#75,426aufrege#75,385aufgebe#75,379

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list