boyfriend

[ˈbɔɪˌfrend]

/[ˈbɔɪˌfrend]/ noun

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The verdict

“boyfriend” is uncommon German (frequency #66,062 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,062
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männliche Person in einer romantischen oder sexuellen Beziehung

Corpus desk

Index DE-boyfriend · boyfriend · German

boyfriend · rank #66,062 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,062
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bossa

Nearest frequency peer: bossa (-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 „boyfriend“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for boyfriend
PropertyValue
Headwordboyfriend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɔɪˌfrend]
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,062
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „boyfriend“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).boyfriendfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bossa“ (#66,061), „Brack“ (#66,063), „Brandstiftungen“ (#66,064). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „boyfriend“ bei #66,062. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

boyfriend is uncommon German at frequency #66,062 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɔɪˌfrend]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for boyfriend, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is boyfriend, spelled B-O-Y-F-R-I-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    männliche Person in einer romantischen oder sexuellen Beziehung
  2. 2
    US-amerikanisch: befreundete männliche Person

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how boyfriend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Erica's parents forbade her to meet her boyfriend.
  2. Danny likes to go out and party with his boyfriends.

Antonyms

enemyfoe

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 "boyfriend"?
"boyfriend" is spelled B-O-Y-F-R-I-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɔɪˌfrend].
What does "boyfriend" mean?
As a noun, "boyfriend" means: männliche Person in einer romantischen oder sexuellen Beziehung
How do you pronounce "boyfriend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boyfriend" is [ˈbɔɪˌfrend]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boyfriend" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

blutenden#66,057Bronchien#66,074Berghütte#66,041Chemtrail#66,090

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list