büßen
[ˈbyːsn̩]
The verdict
“büßen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nachdem man schuldig geworden ist, eine Strafe auf sich nehmen (die einem möglicherweise Geschädigten nicht dient)
Corpus desk
Index DE-bu-en · büßen · German
büßen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | büßen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbyːsn̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „büßen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
büßen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbyːsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for büßen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is büßen, spelled B-Ü-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1nachdem man schuldig geworden ist, eine Strafe auf sich nehmen (die einem möglicherweise Geschädigten nicht dient)
- 2einem Geschädigten Wiedergutmachung leisten
- 3mit einer Buße belegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how büßen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dafür sollst du mit Nachsitzen büßen!
Mit dieser Zahlung hat er die Schädigung reichlich gebüßt.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.