Buchfink
German, noun/ˈbuːxˌfɪŋk/
Buchfink is a German masculine noun meaning “chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fink mit blaugrauem Oberkopf und Nacken und braunem Bauch der Art Fringilla coelebs”.
What does Buchfink mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fink mit blaugrauem Oberkopf und Nacken und braunem Bauch der Art Fringilla coelebs
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Buchfink
- Buchfinken genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Buchfink?
- /ˈbuːxˌfɪŋk/
- [ˈbuːxˌfɪŋk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Buchfink
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Buchfink in German?
Buchfink appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).