Berns
[bɛʁns]
The verdict
“Berns” is uncommon German (frequency #70,075 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,075
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Bern
Corpus desk
Index DE-berns · Berns · German
Berns · rank #70,075 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,075
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Benjamins
Nearest frequency peer: Benjamins (-2 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 „Berns“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Beipackzett…
Beipackzettel
29,930 corpus weight
- belesen
belesen
29,929 corpus weight
- Benjamins
Benjamins
29,928 corpus weight
- Berns
Berns
29,926 corpus weight
- beschreib
beschreib
29,924 corpus weight
- beständiger
beständiger
29,923 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Berns“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Berns |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bɛʁns] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #70,075 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Berns“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Berns is uncommon German at frequency #70,075 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bɛʁns]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Bern".
Berns doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Berns, spelled B-E-R-N-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Bern
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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