Bemme
[ˈbɛmə]
The verdict
“Bemme” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brotscheibe, (doppelte) Scheibe Brot, Brotscheibe, Knifte
Corpus desk
Index DE-bemme · Bemme · German
Bemme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Bemme |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɛmə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bemme“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bemme is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɛmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Bemme, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Bemme, spelled B-E-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1Brotscheibe, (doppelte) Scheibe Brot, Brotscheibe, Knifte
- 2breite Autoreifen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bemme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Speziell die frisch zubereitete Krümmersuppe erwärmte die Umstehenden zu neidischen Blicken, während sie mit Verachtung die von der lieben Gattin geschmierten Bemmen runterwürgten.
Friedhelm hat sich letzte Woche einen Satz neue Bemmen auf seinen BMW gezogen.
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.