Bicarbonat
[ˈbiːkaʁboˌnaːt]
The verdict
“Bicarbonat” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Salz der Kohlensäure
Corpus desk
Index DE-bicarbonat · Bicarbonat · German
Bicarbonat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bicarbonat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbiːkaʁboˌnaːt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bicarbonat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bicarbonat is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbiːkaʁboˌnaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Salz der Kohlensäure".
Bicarbonat doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Bicarbonat, spelled B-I-C-A-R-B-O-N-A-T.
Definition
- 1Salz der Kohlensäure
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bicarbonat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch der zweite Prozess, mit dem die Meere Kohlendioxid aus der Luft holen, braucht seine Zeit: die Verwitterung. Dabei reagiert zum Beispiel Basalt mit der aus Kohlendioxid entstandenen Kohlensäure im Wasser und bildet so genanntes Bikarbonat, das im Meerwasser längere Zeit gelöst bleibt.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.