Bücherwurm
[ˈbyːçɐˌvʊʁm]
The verdict
“Bücherwurm” is an uncommon German word, ranked #64,143 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #64,143
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - umgangssprachlich jemand, der viel in Büchern liest
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bücherwurm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbyːçɐˌvʊʁm] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #64,143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bücherwurm” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Bücherwurm is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbyːçɐˌvʊʁm]. Corpus data places it at rank #64,143 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 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
- 1umgangssprachlich jemand, der viel in Büchern liest
- 2Larven verschiedener Nagekäferarten
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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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Using “Bücherwurm”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-Ü-C-H-E-R-W-U-R-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbyːçɐˌvʊʁm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.