Bain-Marie
[bɛ̃maˈʁiː]
The verdict
“Bain-Marie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wasserbad, das vornehmlich dazu dient, Speisen warm zu halten beziehungsweise bestimmte Speisen langsam zu erwärmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bain-marie · Bain-Marie · German
Bain-Marie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bain-Marie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bɛ̃maˈʁiː] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bain-Marie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bain-Marie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bɛ̃maˈʁiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wasserbad, das vornehmlich dazu dient, Speisen warm zu halten beziehungsweise bestimmte Speisen langsam zu erwärmen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Bain-Marie, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Bain-Marie, spelled B-A-I-N---M-A-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Wasserbad, das vornehmlich dazu dient, Speisen warm zu halten beziehungsweise bestimmte Speisen langsam zu erwärmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bain-Marie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Bain-Marie wird in der Gastronomie nicht nur zum Erwärmen von Speisen (Elektro Wasserbad) eingesetzt, was die traditionelle Anwendung ist sondern vorallem [sic!] zum Warmhalten von Speisen, etwa in der Speisenausgabe und hier vorallem [sic!] in Form einer Vitrine (Heiße Theke, Wärmetheke).“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.