Bäuchlein

[ˈbɔɪ̯çlaɪ̯n]

/[ˈbɔɪ̯çlaɪ̯n]/ noun

The verdict

“Bäuchlein” is uncommon German (frequency #81,373 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,373
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner, aber sichtbarer Bauchansatz

Corpus desk

Index DE-bauchlein · Bäuchlein · German

Bäuchlein · rank #81,373 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,373
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH böswillige

Nearest frequency peer: böswillige (+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 „Bäuchlein“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bäuchlein
PropertyValue
HeadwordBäuchlein
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɔɪ̯çlaɪ̯n]
Letters9
Frequency rank#81,373
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bäuchlein“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Bäuchleinfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „böswillige“ (#81,374), „Bürgerkriegen“ (#81,375), „Bürgernähe“ (#81,376). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bäuchlein“ bei #81,373. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bäuchlein is uncommon German at frequency #81,373 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɔɪ̯çlaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner, aber sichtbarer Bauchansatz".

No misspelling variants are generated for Bäuchlein in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Bäuchlein, spelled B-Ä-U-C-H-L-E-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleiner, aber sichtbarer Bauchansatz

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Der Konsul seufzte und stützte seine Hand auf die Rundung seines Bäuchleins.“
  2. „In Deutschland fallen die paar Pfunde über dem Gürtel nicht auf, in Äthiopien, wo ein Bäuchlein Statussymbol und das untrügliche Zeichen eines gewissen Wohlstands ist, schon.“

Synonyms

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 "Bäuchlein"?
"Bäuchlein" is spelled B-Ä-U-C-H-L-E-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɔɪ̯çlaɪ̯n].
What does "Bäuchlein" mean?
As a noun, "Bäuchlein" means: kleiner, aber sichtbarer Bauchansatz
How do you pronounce "Bäuchlein"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bäuchlein" is [ˈbɔɪ̯çlaɪ̯n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bäuchlein" come from?
"Bäuchlein" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list