Bergführer

[ˈbɛʁkˌfyːʁɐ]

/[ˈbɛʁkˌfyːʁɐ]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bergführer
PropertyValue
HeadwordBergführer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɛʁkˌfyːʁɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#54,370
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bergführer“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Bergführerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Berlinerin“ (#54,371), „beigemessen“ (#54,367), „Berufsalltag“ (#54,373). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bergführer“ bei #54,370. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Person, die beruflich andere Bergsteiger und Wanderer im Gebirge führt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bergführer"?
"Bergführer" is spelled B-E-R-G-F-Ü-H-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɛʁkˌfyːʁɐ].
What does "Bergführer" mean?
As a noun, "Bergführer" means: Person, die beruflich andere Bergsteiger und Wanderer im Gebirge führt
How do you pronounce "Bergführer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bergführer" is [ˈbɛʁkˌfyːʁɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bergführer" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bergführer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list