Blaukehlchen
[ˈblaʊ̯ˌkeːlçən]
The verdict
“Blaukehlchen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Singvogel mit auffälliger blauer Färbung auf Hals und Brust bei männlichen Exemplaren
Corpus desk
Index DE-blaukehlchen · Blaukehlchen · German
Blaukehlchen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Blaukehlchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈblaʊ̯ˌkeːlçən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Blaukehlchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Blaukehlchen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈblaʊ̯ˌkeːlçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Singvogel mit auffälliger blauer Färbung auf Hals und Brust bei männlichen Exemplaren".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Blaukehlchen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Blaukehlchen, spelled B-L-A-U-K-E-H-L-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Singvogel mit auffälliger blauer Färbung auf Hals und Brust bei männlichen Exemplaren
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Blaukehlchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Blaukehlchen ist in Europa und Asien verbreitet.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.