böig
[ˈbøːɪç]
The verdict
“böig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von plötzlich auftretenden, starken Windstößen geprägt
Corpus desk
Index DE-boig · böig · German
böig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 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 | böig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈbøːɪç] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „böig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
böig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈbøːɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von plötzlich auftretenden, starken Windstößen geprägt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for böig, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is böig, spelled B-Ö-I-G.
Definition
- 1von plötzlich auftretenden, starken Windstößen geprägt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how böig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das trockene Wetter, hohe Temperaturen, böiger Wind könnten jederzeit wieder die Situation verschärfen, hieß es auf Anfrage beim Katastrophenstab.“
„Es war so eisig wie nie bei minus 17 Grad, es waren böige Verhältnisse, das war alles andere als ein Wohlfühlrennen zum Abschluss in Zhangjiakou.“
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.