blubbern

[ˈblʊbɐn]

/[ˈblʊbɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“blubbern” is uncommon German (frequency #87,504 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,504
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Geräusch, das Gasblasen beim Erreichen der Flüssigkeitsoberfläche verursachen

Corpus desk

Index DE-blubbern · blubbern · German

blubbern · rank #87,504 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,504
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bischofswerda

Nearest frequency peer: Bischofswerda (-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 „blubbern“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „blubbern“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for blubbern
PropertyValue
Headwordblubbern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈblʊbɐn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#87,504
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „blubbern“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).blubbernfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bischofswerda“ (#87,503), „Blutrausch“ (#87,505), „Bioprodukte“ (#87,502). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „blubbern“ bei #87,504. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

blubbern is uncommon German at frequency #87,504 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈblʊbɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

blubbern doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is blubbern, spelled B-L-U-B-B-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Geräusch, das Gasblasen beim Erreichen der Flüssigkeitsoberfläche verursachen
  2. 2
    unsinnige Sachen reden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how blubbern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Als das Wasser in der Badewanne blubberte, floh Gräfin Prdela fluchtartig das Anwesen von Lord After.
  2. Ich weiß nicht, was Martin gestern geblubbert hat, ich habe nicht richtig zugehört.

This word in other languages

bubble(English)burbujear(Español)gargouiller(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blubbern"?
"blubbern" is spelled B-L-U-B-B-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈblʊbɐn].
What does "blubbern" mean?
As a verb, "blubbern" means: das Geräusch, das Gasblasen beim Erreichen der Flüssigkeitsoberfläche verursachen
How do you pronounce "blubbern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blubbern" is [ˈblʊbɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blubbern" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "blubbern", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Blödmann#87,506Bosniens#87,512Beutezug#87,492Brombach#87,522

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list