birth

[ˈbɜː(ɹ)θ]

/[ˈbɜː(ɹ)θ]/ noun

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The verdict

“birth” is uncommon German (frequency #55,193 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,193
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Geburt

Corpus desk

Index DE-birth · birth · German

birth · rank #55,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,193
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bioladen

Nearest frequency peer: Bioladen (-1 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 „birth“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for birth
PropertyValue
Headwordbirth
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɜː(ɹ)θ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#55,193
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „birth“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bioladen“ (#55,192), „Bison“ (#55,194), „Bildungsministerium“ (#55,191). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „birth“ bei #55,193. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

birth is uncommon German at frequency #55,193 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɜː(ɹ)θ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

birth has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is birth, spelled B-I-R-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Geburt
  2. 2
    die Herkunft, Abstammung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. registry of births, deaths and marriages
  2. "Blue blood" is an expression for noble birth.

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 "birth"?
"birth" is spelled B-I-R-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɜː(ɹ)θ].
What does "birth" mean?
As a noun, "birth" means: die Geburt
How do you pronounce "birth"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "birth" is [ˈbɜː(ɹ)θ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "birth" come from?
"birth" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Bison#55,194Assis#55,136ebnet#55,261Esten#55,298

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list