Blutrausch

[ˈbluːtˌʁaʊ̯ʃ]

/[ˈbluːtˌʁaʊ̯ʃ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Blutrausch” is uncommon German (frequency #87,505 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,505
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unbeherrschbare Mordlust

Corpus desk

Index DE-blutrausch · Blutrausch · German

Blutrausch · rank #87,505 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,505
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH blubbern

Nearest frequency peer: blubbern (-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 „Blutrausch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Blutrausch
PropertyValue
HeadwordBlutrausch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbluːtˌʁaʊ̯ʃ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#87,505
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Blutrausch“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „blubbern“ (#87,504), „Blödmann“ (#87,506), „Bischofswerda“ (#87,503). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Blutrausch“ bei #87,505. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Blutrausch is uncommon German at frequency #87,505 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbluːtˌʁaʊ̯ʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unbeherrschbare Mordlust".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Blutrausch, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Blutrausch, spelled B-L-U-T-R-A-U-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    unbeherrschbare Mordlust

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Er geriet geradezu in einen Blutrausch und es dauerte nicht lange und die drei Männer hatten Wette und Leben verloren.“
  2. „Dazu kamen die Herzlosigkeit, Zerstörungswut und Mordlust der Sieger im Siegesrausch, im Blutrausch oder einfach im Rausch.“

This word in other languages

bloodlust(English)

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 "Blutrausch"?
"Blutrausch" is spelled B-L-U-T-R-A-U-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbluːtˌʁaʊ̯ʃ].
What does "Blutrausch" mean?
As a noun, "Blutrausch" means: unbeherrschbare Mordlust
How do you pronounce "Blutrausch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Blutrausch" is [ˈbluːtˌʁaʊ̯ʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Blutrausch" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bigotterie#87,497betätigten#87,490bespitzeln#87,485beschützte#87,483

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list