bolz

[bɔlt͡s]

/[bɔlt͡s]/ verb

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The verdict

“bolz” is uncommon German (frequency #56,014 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,014
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bolzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-bolz · bolz · German

bolz · rank #56,014 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,014
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bona

Nearest frequency peer: bona (+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 „bolz“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bolz
PropertyValue
Headwordbolz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bɔlt͡s]
Letters4
Frequency rank#56,014
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bolz“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bona“ (#56,015), „Bogens“ (#56,012), „Blitzmarathon“ (#56,010). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bolz“ bei #56,014. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bolz is uncommon German at frequency #56,014 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bɔlt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bolzen".

bolz doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is bolz, spelled B-O-L-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bolzen

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 "bolz"?
"bolz" is spelled B-O-L-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [bɔlt͡s].
What does "bolz" mean?
As a verb, "bolz" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bolzen
How do you pronounce "bolz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bolz" is [bɔlt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bolz" come from?
"bolz" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bona#56,015Béla#56,027crux#56,046aime#55,924

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list