balbieren
[balˈbiːʁən]
The verdict
“balbieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Bart (und die Haare) schneiden
Corpus desk
Index DE-balbieren · balbieren · German
balbieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | balbieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [balˈbiːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „balbieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
balbieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [balˈbiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den Bart (und die Haare) schneiden".
balbieren has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 balbieren, spelled B-A-L-B-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1den Bart (und die Haare) schneiden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how balbieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zu Ostern soll der Mensch doch balbiert sein, das gehört sich, freilich soll er balbiert sein. – Nun war aber in ganz Fischbach kein Bartscherer, seit der Kramer-Veit mit Tod abgegangen.“
„Sie seift ihm Kinn und Wangen ein, nimmt das Schabmesser und balbiert ihn.“
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.