Blässe
[ˈblɛsə]
The verdict
“Blässe” is uncommon German (frequency #82,591 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,591
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Eigenschaft und der Zustand, blass zu sein (wenig Farbe zu haben)
Corpus desk
Index DE-blasse · Blässe · German
Blässe · rank #82,591 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,591
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH blockiere
Nearest frequency peer: blockiere (-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 „Blässe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- BJP
BJP
17,413 corpus weight
- Blasenentzü…
Blasenentzündung
17,412 corpus weight
- blockiere
blockiere
17,411 corpus weight
- Blässe
Blässe
17,410 corpus weight
- Bohrmaschin…
Bohrmaschinen
17,409 corpus weight
- Bordellen
Bordellen
17,407 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Blässe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Blässe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈblɛsə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,591 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Blässe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Blässe is uncommon German at frequency #82,591 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈblɛsə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Eigenschaft und der Zustand, blass zu sein (wenig Farbe zu haben)".
No misspelling variants are generated for Blässe in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Blässe, spelled B-L-Ä-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1die Eigenschaft und der Zustand, blass zu sein (wenig Farbe zu haben)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Blässe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wegen der Blässe des Bildes war kaum noch etwas zu erkennen.
„Ich nahm meine Behauptung zurück, entschuldigte mich, und Don Francesco freute sich, daß die vornehme Blässe seiner Braut Anlaß zu dieser Frage gegeben hatte.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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