Baldur

[ˈbaldʊʁ]

/[ˈbaldʊʁ]/ name

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The verdict

“Baldur” is uncommon German (frequency #72,189 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,189
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname

Corpus desk

Index DE-baldur · Baldur · German

Baldur · rank #72,189 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,189
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bairische

Nearest frequency peer: Bairische (-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 „Baldur“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Baldur
PropertyValue
HeadwordBaldur
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈbaldʊʁ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#72,189
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Baldur“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Baldurfällt 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: „Bairische“ (#72,188), „Bammel“ (#72,190), „Baiersbronn“ (#72,187). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Baldur“ bei #72,189. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Baldur is uncommon German at frequency #72,189 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈbaldʊʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Vorname".

Baldur doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Baldur, spelled B-A-L-D-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    männlicher Vorname

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Baldur Mustermann

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 "Baldur"?
"Baldur" is spelled B-A-L-D-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaldʊʁ].
What does "Baldur" mean?
As a proper noun, "Baldur" means: männlicher Vorname
How do you pronounce "Baldur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Baldur" is [ˈbaldʊʁ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Baldur" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bammel#72,190badger#72,184Baruch#72,197Anubis#72,152

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list