Blähbauch

[ˈblɛːˌbaʊ̯x]

/[ˈblɛːˌbaʊ̯x]/ noun

The verdict

“Blähbauch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (meist menschlicher) Bauch, der mit mehr Gasen, als üblich, gefüllt ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-blahbauch · Blähbauch · German

Blähbauch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for Blähbauch
PropertyValue
HeadwordBlähbauch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈblɛːˌbaʊ̯x]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Blähbauch” sits in German frequency

Blähbauch falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Blähbauch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈblɛːˌbaʊ̯x]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Blähbauch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Blähbauch, spelled B-L-Ä-H-B-A-U-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    (meist menschlicher) Bauch, der mit mehr Gasen, als üblich, gefüllt ist
  2. 2
    aufgedunsener Bauch infolge einer massiven Unterernährung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Gerade wenn reizdarmartige Beschwerden wie Blähbauch, Bauchschmerzen oder Verstopfung im Vordergrund stehen, können auch Bewegungsprogramme sehr hilfreich sein.“
  2. „Eine bakterielle Fehlbesiedelung des Darms kann zu vielfältigen Beschwerden wie Durchfall, Blähungen, Blähbauch oder Bauchschmerzen führen.“

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Blähbauch"?
"Blähbauch" is spelled B-L-Ä-H-B-A-U-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈblɛːˌbaʊ̯x].
What does "Blähbauch" mean?
As a noun, "Blähbauch" means: (meist menschlicher) Bauch, der mit mehr Gasen, als üblich, gefüllt ist
How do you pronounce "Blähbauch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Blähbauch" is [ˈblɛːˌbaʊ̯x]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Blähbauch" come from?
"Blähbauch" 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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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list