Bildungsbürger
[ˈbɪldʊŋsˌbʏʁɡɐ]
The verdict
“Bildungsbürger” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die ein gehobenes Maß an Bildung (in Künsten, Wissenschaften, …) erworben hat und vorstellt
Corpus desk
Index DE-bildungsburger · Bildungsbürger · German
Bildungsbürger · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | Bildungsbürger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɪldʊŋsˌbʏʁɡɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bildungsbürger“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bildungsbürger is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɪldʊŋsˌbʏʁɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die ein gehobenes Maß an Bildung (in Künsten, Wissenschaften, …) erworben hat und vorstellt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Bildungsbürger, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Bildungsbürger, spelled B-I-L-D-U-N-G-S-B-Ü-R-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die ein gehobenes Maß an Bildung (in Künsten, Wissenschaften, …) erworben hat und vorstellt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bildungsbürger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zu diesen Bildungsbürgern gehören wir alle.“
„Das Buch fand viel Zustimmung bei Bildungsbürgern.“
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.