bottle
[bɒtl ̩]
The verdict
“bottle” is uncommon German (frequency #69,065 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,065
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Flasche: Gefäß zur Aufbewahrung und zum Transport von Flüssigkeiten oder auch Gasen mit charakteristischer bauchiger, zylindrischer, quaderförmiger oder ähnlicher Form (mit Hals) aus verschiede...
Corpus desk
Index DE-bottle · bottle · German
bottle · rank #69,065 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,065
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH booms
Nearest frequency peer: booms (-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 „bottle“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Boliden
Boliden
30,939 corpus weight
- bombastisch
bombastisch
30,938 corpus weight
- booms
booms
30,937 corpus weight
- bottle
bottle
30,936 corpus weight
- Brandfall
Brandfall
30,933 corpus weight
- breiteten
breiteten
30,931 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bottle“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bottle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bɒtl ̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bottle“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bottle is uncommon German at frequency #69,065 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bɒtl ̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Flasche: Gefäß zur Aufbewahrung und zum Transport von Flüssigkeiten oder auch Gasen mit charakteristischer bauchiger, zylindrischer, quaderförmiger oder ähnlicher Form (mit Hals) aus verschiede...".
bottle has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is bottle, spelled B-O-T-T-L-E.
Definition
- 1die Flasche: Gefäß zur Aufbewahrung und zum Transport von Flüssigkeiten oder auch Gasen mit charakteristischer bauchiger, zylindrischer, quaderförmiger oder ähnlicher Form (mit Hals) aus verschiedenem Material wie Glas, Plastik, Metall, Keramik
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bottle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
fill a bottle with water
Synonyms
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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