bloke
[bləʊk]
The verdict
“bloke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - australisch, neuseeländisch, britisch, südafrikanisch, der Typ, der Kerl, der Mann
Corpus desk
Index DE-bloke · bloke · German
bloke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | bloke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bləʊk] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bloke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bloke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bləʊk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bloke, 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 nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is bloke, spelled B-L-O-K-E.
Definition
- 1australisch, neuseeländisch, britisch, südafrikanisch, der Typ, der Kerl, der Mann
- 2Quebec, der/die Englischsprachige
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bloke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I saw two blokes lurking around this house. I hope they were not burglars.
I was very happy to meet a bloke like myself.
Antonyms
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.