Bakelit
[bakəˈliːt]
The verdict
“Bakelit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fester, spröder Kunststoff
Corpus desk
Index DE-bakelit · Bakelit · German
Bakelit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Bakelit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bakəˈliːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bakelit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bakelit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bakəˈliːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fester, spröder Kunststoff".
No misspelling variants are generated for Bakelit in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Bakelit, spelled B-A-K-E-L-I-T.
Definition
- 1fester, spröder Kunststoff
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bakelit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In der Ecke steht ein Sofa, an der Fensterwand die Anrichte, daneben hängt das ovale Foto mit meiner Oma drauf als junge Dame, und auf einem Schränkchen steht das Radio aus Bakelit.“
„Das neue Lenkrad war ein wenig größer, und das Bakelit war auch nicht mit Leder bezogen, so dass es nicht so gut in den Händen lag wie das alte Lenkrad.“
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.