Bücherwurm

[ˈbyːçɐˌvʊʁm]

/[ˈbyːçɐˌvʊʁm]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bücherwurm” is uncommon German (frequency #64,143 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,143
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - umgangssprachlich jemand, der viel in Büchern liest

Corpus desk

Index DE-bucherwurm · Bücherwurm · German

Bücherwurm · rank #64,143 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,143
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH börsennotierte

Nearest frequency peer: börsennotierte (-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 „Bücherwurm“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bücherwurm
PropertyValue
HeadwordBücherwurm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbyːçɐˌvʊʁm]
Letters10
Frequency rank#64,143
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bücherwurm“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Bücherwurmfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „börsennotierte“ (#64,142), „Bündchen“ (#64,144), „Calbe“ (#64,145). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bücherwurm“ bei #64,143. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bücherwurm is uncommon German at frequency #64,143 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbyːçɐˌvʊʁm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Bücherwurm in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Bücherwurm, spelled B-Ü-C-H-E-R-W-U-R-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    umgangssprachlich jemand, der viel in Büchern liest
  2. 2
    Larven verschiedener Nagekäferarten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. He, Du Bücherwurm! Mach' das Licht aus, ich möchte schlafen!
  2. „Doch als Bücherwurm wollte Tymek nicht dastehen, deshalb sagte er schnell, dass er am liebsten Witze erzähle.“

Synonyms

Bücherbohrer

Antonyms

Analphabet

This word in other languages

bookworm(English)rat de bibliothèque(Français)

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 "Bücherwurm"?
"Bücherwurm" is spelled B-Ü-C-H-E-R-W-U-R-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbyːçɐˌvʊʁm].
What does "Bücherwurm" mean?
As a noun, "Bücherwurm" means: umgangssprachlich jemand, der viel in Büchern liest
How do you pronounce "Bücherwurm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bücherwurm" is [ˈbyːçɐˌvʊʁm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bücherwurm" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Branntwein#64,131Blocksberg#64,119Deserteure#64,175Detektoren#64,177

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list