Beulenpest
German, noun/ˈbɔɪ̯lənˌpɛst/
Beulenpest is spelled B-E-U-L-E-N-P-E-S-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 132,783rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beulenpest is a German feminine noun meaning “bubonic plague” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Rattenflöhe übertragene Infektionskrankheit, die stark angeschwollene und blau-schwarz verfärbte…”.
What does Beulenpest mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebubonic plague
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. durch Rattenflöhe übertragene Infektionskrankheit, die stark angeschwollene und blau-schwarz verfärbte Lymphknoten verursacht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Beulenpest?
- /ˈbɔɪ̯lənˌpɛst/
- [ˈbɔɪ̯lənˌpɛst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Beulenpest in German?
Beulenpest appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).