Bergführer
[ˈbɛʁkˌfyːʁɐ]
The verdict
“Bergführer” is uncommon German (frequency #54,370 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,370
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die beruflich andere Bergsteiger und Wanderer im Gebirge führt
Corpus desk
Index DE-bergfuhrer · Bergführer · German
Bergführer · rank #54,370 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,370
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Berlinerin
Nearest frequency peer: Berlinerin (+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 „Bergführer“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- beförderten
beförderten
45,636 corpus weight
- behördlich
behördlich
45,635 corpus weight
- beigemessen
beigemessen
45,634 corpus weight
- Bergführer
Bergführer
45,631 corpus weight
- Berlinerin
Berlinerin
45,630 corpus weight
- Berufsalltag
Berufsalltag
45,628 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bergführer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bergführer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɛʁkˌfyːʁɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bergführer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bergführer is uncommon German at frequency #54,370 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɛʁkˌfyːʁɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die beruflich andere Bergsteiger und Wanderer im Gebirge führt".
Bergführer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Bergführer, spelled B-E-R-G-F-Ü-H-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die beruflich andere Bergsteiger und Wanderer im Gebirge führt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bergführer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Lawinenunglück macht auf tragische Art deutlich, unter welchen Bedingungen die nepalesischen Bergführer arbeiten.“
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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