Bauchspeck
[ˈbaʊ̯xˌʃpɛk]
The verdict
“Bauchspeck” 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) - Fettgewebe vom Bauch des Schweins als Nahrungsmittel, das entweder roh verkauft wird oder auch beispielsweise geräuchert, gepökelt
Corpus desk
Index DE-bauchspeck · Bauchspeck · German
Bauchspeck · 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 | Bauchspeck |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaʊ̯xˌʃpɛk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bauchspeck“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bauchspeck is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaʊ̯xˌʃpɛk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fettgewebe vom Bauch des Schweins als Nahrungsmittel, das entweder roh verkauft wird oder auch beispielsweise geräuchert, gepökelt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Bauchspeck in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Bauchspeck, spelled B-A-U-C-H-S-P-E-C-K.
Definition
- 1Fettgewebe vom Bauch des Schweins als Nahrungsmittel, das entweder roh verkauft wird oder auch beispielsweise geräuchert, gepökelt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bauchspeck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wie oft redet man sich doch heraus in vollem Wissen, dass der andere die Erbärmlichkeit der Ausflucht sofort erkennt: die quälende Einladung bei Tante Hertha, die dann wieder Bauchspeck in Sauerkraut kocht.“
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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.