Bonsai
[bɔnˈsaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Bonsai” is uncommon German (frequency #68,079 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,079
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Steinen und Kies in einer Schale kunstvoll (in miniaturisierter Form) herangezogener Baum
Corpus desk
Index DE-bonsai · Bonsai · German
Bonsai · rank #68,079 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,079
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bodenständigen
Nearest frequency peer: bodenständigen (-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 „Bonsai“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Blutzellen
Blutzellen
31,927 corpus weight
- Bodenproben
Bodenproben
31,924 corpus weight
- bodenständi…
bodenständigen
31,923 corpus weight
- Bonsai
Bonsai
31,922 corpus weight
- booking
booking
31,921 corpus weight
- Borkenkäfer
Borkenkäfer
31,920 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bonsai“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bonsai |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bɔnˈsaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,079 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bonsai“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bonsai is uncommon German at frequency #68,079 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bɔnˈsaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Bonsai, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Bonsai, spelled B-O-N-S-A-I.
Definition
- 1mit Steinen und Kies in einer Schale kunstvoll (in miniaturisierter Form) herangezogener Baum
- 2Aus dem Japanischen: Bonsai besteht aus den beiden Wörtern 盆 (bon) ^(→ ja) ‚Schale, Schüssel‘ und 栽 (sai) ^(→ ja) ‚Pflanzen kultivieren‘. Zusammen haben die beiden Kanji 盆栽 (bonsai) ^(→ ja) die Bedeutung ‚Pflanze im Topf‘.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bonsai appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Bonsai gelangte von China über Japan nach Europa.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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