bimbo

[ˈbɪmbəʊ]

/[ˈbɪmbəʊ]/ noun

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The verdict

“bimbo” is uncommon German (frequency #75,466 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,466
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Tussi, abwertend

Corpus desk

Index DE-bimbo · bimbo · German

bimbo · rank #75,466 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,466
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bildungsreform

Nearest frequency peer: Bildungsreform (-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 „bimbo“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bimbo
PropertyValue
Headwordbimbo
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɪmbəʊ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#75,466
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bimbo“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bildungsreform“ (#75,464), „bisexuellen“ (#75,468), „Bildungsgrad“ (#75,463). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bimbo“ bei #75,466. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bimbo is uncommon German at frequency #75,466 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɪmbəʊ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for bimbo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is bimbo, spelled B-I-M-B-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Tussi, abwertend
  2. 2
    dummer Mensch, abwertend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bimbo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. That tanned girl with the fake breasts is a total bimbo!
  2. He danced on the table naked at the company Christmas party. What a bimbo!

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 "bimbo"?
"bimbo" is spelled B-I-M-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɪmbəʊ].
What does "bimbo" mean?
As a noun, "bimbo" means: eine Tussi, abwertend
How do you pronounce "bimbo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bimbo" is [ˈbɪmbəʊ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bimbo" come from?
"bimbo" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bimbo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Beeck#75,432codec#75,500barde#75,424dejan#75,520

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list