Borke

/[ˈbɔʁkə]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#80,178

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Borke is aGermannoun. It means: äußerste, grob strukturierte Schicht bei Bäumen Pronounced [ˈbɔʁkə].

Key facts for Borke
PropertyValue
HeadwordBorke
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɔʁkə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#80,178
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Borke in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Borke is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbɔʁkə]. Corpus data places it at rank #80,178 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Borke in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Borke, spelled B-O-R-K-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    äußerste, grob strukturierte Schicht bei Bäumen
  2. 2
    getrocknete Oberfläche einer noch sichtbaren Wunde

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #80,178 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Borke"?
"Borke" is spelled B-O-R-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɔʁkə].
What does "Borke" mean?
As a noun, "Borke" means: äußerste, grob strukturierte Schicht bei Bäumen
How do you pronounce "Borke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Borke" is [ˈbɔʁkə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Borke" come from?
"Borke" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.