Bartel

[ˈbaʁtl̩]

/[ˈbaʁtl̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bartel” is uncommon German (frequency #55,165 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,165
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fadenförmiger Anhang (Tast- und Geschmacksorgan) am Maul oder Kinn von Fischen

Corpus desk

Index DE-bartel · Bartel · German

Bartel · rank #55,165 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,165
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Barons

Nearest frequency peer: Barons (-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 „Bartel“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bartel
PropertyValue
HeadwordBartel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbaʁtl̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,165
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bartel“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Bartelfällt 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: „Barons“ (#55,164), „Bauernhöfen“ (#55,166), „barbarischen“ (#55,163). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bartel“ bei #55,165. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bartel is uncommon German at frequency #55,165 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaʁtl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fadenförmiger Anhang (Tast- und Geschmacksorgan) am Maul oder Kinn von Fischen".

No misspelling variants are generated for Bartel in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Bartel, spelled B-A-R-T-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    fadenförmiger Anhang (Tast- und Geschmacksorgan) am Maul oder Kinn von Fischen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Welse haben die längsten Barteln.

Synonyms

Bartfaden

This word in other languages

barb(English)

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 "Bartel"?
"Bartel" is spelled B-A-R-T-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaʁtl̩].
What does "Bartel" mean?
As a noun, "Bartel" means: fadenförmiger Anhang (Tast- und Geschmacksorgan) am Maul oder Kinn von Fischen
How do you pronounce "Bartel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bartel" is [ˈbaʁtl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bartel" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Barons#55,164BetrVG#55,185Bogotá#55,202camino#55,218

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list