Bauernsohn

[ˈbaʊ̯ɐnˌzoːn]

/[ˈbaʊ̯ɐnˌzoːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bauernsohn” is uncommon German (frequency #99,532 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,532
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sohn eines Bauers

Corpus desk

Index DE-bauernsohn · Bauernsohn · German

Bauernsohn · rank #99,532 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,532
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bauende

Nearest frequency peer: bauende (-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 „Bauernsohn“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bauernsohn
PropertyValue
HeadwordBauernsohn
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbaʊ̯ɐnˌzoːn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#99,532
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bauernsohn“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Bauernsohnfällt 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: „bauende“ (#99,531), „Baujahre“ (#99,534), „Barnard“ (#99,529). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bauernsohn“ bei #99,532. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bauernsohn is uncommon German at frequency #99,532 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaʊ̯ɐnˌzoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sohn eines Bauers".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Bauernsohn, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Bauernsohn, spelled B-A-U-E-R-N-S-O-H-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sohn eines Bauers

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Der 28-jährige katholische Bauernsohn aus dem Schwarzwald hatte sich im Krieg ausgezeichnet und später als Leutnant mit den Freikorps an den Nachkriegskämpfen im Baltikum und in Oberschlesien teilgenommen.“
  2. „Sie war noch jung, als sie einen Mann bekam, einen kräftigen Bauernsohn.“

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 "Bauernsohn"?
"Bauernsohn" is spelled B-A-U-E-R-N-S-O-H-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaʊ̯ɐnˌzoːn].
What does "Bauernsohn" mean?
As a noun, "Bauernsohn" means: Sohn eines Bauers
How do you pronounce "Bauernsohn"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bauernsohn" is [ˈbaʊ̯ɐnˌzoːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bauernsohn" come from?
"Bauernsohn" 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 "Bauernsohn", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

beflügelte#99,545Bachblüten#99,515babysitten#99,514behagliche#99,551

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list