Bernhards

[ˈbɛʁnhaʁt͡s]

/[ˈbɛʁnhaʁt͡s]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bernhards” is uncommon German (frequency #65,034 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,034
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Bernhard

Corpus desk

Index DE-bernhards · Bernhards · German

Bernhards · rank #65,034 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,034
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bergbahnen

Nearest frequency peer: Bergbahnen (-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 „Bernhards“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bernhards
PropertyValue
HeadwordBernhards
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɛʁnhaʁt͡s]
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,034
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bernhards“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Bernhardsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bergbahnen“ (#65,033), „bereinigten“ (#65,032), „beschichtet“ (#65,036). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bernhards“ bei #65,034. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bernhards is uncommon German at frequency #65,034 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɛʁnhaʁt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Bernhards in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Bernhards, spelled B-E-R-N-H-A-R-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Bernhard
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Bernhard
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Bernhard
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Bernhard
  5. 5
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Bernhard

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

besetzter#65,037behaglich#65,026Bewerbers#65,042Befolgung#65,025

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list