Bauernkrieg
[ˈbaʊ̯ɐnˌkʁiːk]
The verdict
“Bauernkrieg” is uncommon German (frequency #67,018 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,018
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aufstand von Bauern und anderen benachteiligten Gruppen gegen die Obrigkeit im Zeitraum vom 15. bis zum 17. Jahrhundert
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bauernkrieg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaʊ̯ɐnˌkʁiːk] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #67,018 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bauernkrieg” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bauernkrieg is uncommon German at frequency #67,018 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaʊ̯ɐnˌkʁiːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aufstand von Bauern und anderen benachteiligten Gruppen gegen die Obrigkeit im Zeitraum vom 15. bis zum 17. Jahrhundert".
No misspelling variants are generated for Bauernkrieg in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Bauernkrieg, spelled B-A-U-E-R-N-K-R-I-E-G.
Definition
- 1Aufstand von Bauern und anderen benachteiligten Gruppen gegen die Obrigkeit im Zeitraum vom 15. bis zum 17. Jahrhundert
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.
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Using “Bauernkrieg”
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- The one correct German spelling is B-A-U-E-R-N-K-R-I-E-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.