Blähung
[ˈblɛːʊŋ]
The verdict
“Blähung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - starke, erhöhte Bildung und Ansammlung von Gasen in Magen und Darm
Corpus desk
Index DE-blahung · Blähung · German
Blähung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Blähung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈblɛːʊŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Blähung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Blähung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈblɛːʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Blähung, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Blähung, spelled B-L-Ä-H-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1starke, erhöhte Bildung und Ansammlung von Gasen in Magen und Darm
- 2Gase, die sich in Magen und Darm bilden
- 3die spürbare Vergrößerung des Unterleibs aufgrund jener Gase – teilweise von Krämpfen begleitet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Blähung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Von Chili con Carne bekomme ich immer Blähungen.
„Nehmen Sie sich ausreichend Zeit für Ihre Mahlzeiten und kauen Sie sorgfältig, denn ungenügend gekaute Nahrung kann zu Blähungen führen.“
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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.