Basstölpel
[ˈbasˌtœlpl̩]
The verdict
“Basstölpel” 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) - im Norden vorkommender, weißer Seevogel, der an Steilküsten brütet und im Sturzflug nach Fischen taucht
Corpus desk
Index DE-basstolpel · Basstölpel · German
Basstölpel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Basstölpel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbasˌtœlpl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Basstölpel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Basstölpel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbasˌtœlpl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "im Norden vorkommender, weißer Seevogel, der an Steilküsten brütet und im Sturzflug nach Fischen taucht".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Basstölpel, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Basstölpel, spelled B-A-S-S-T-Ö-L-P-E-L.
Definition
- 1im Norden vorkommender, weißer Seevogel, der an Steilküsten brütet und im Sturzflug nach Fischen taucht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Basstölpel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Basstölpel hat eine wunderschöne blaue Iris.
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