Blähbauch
[ˈblɛːˌbaʊ̯x]
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Blähbauch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈblɛːˌbaʊ̯x] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Blähbauch” sits in German frequency
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(meist menschlicher) Bauch, der mit mehr Gasen, als üblich, gefüllt ist
- 2aufgedunsener Bauch infolge einer massiven Unterernährung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Blähbauch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Gerade wenn reizdarmartige Beschwerden wie Blähbauch, Bauchschmerzen oder Verstopfung im Vordergrund stehen, können auch Bewegungsprogramme sehr hilfreich sein.“
„Eine bakterielle Fehlbesiedelung des Darms kann zu vielfältigen Beschwerden wie Durchfall, Blähungen, Blähbauch oder Bauchschmerzen führen.“
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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.