Buchhändlerin

[ˈbuːxˌhɛndləʁɪn]

/[ˈbuːxˌhɛndləʁɪn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Buchhändlerin” is uncommon German (frequency #65,067 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,067
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die vor allem mit Büchern handelt

Corpus desk

Index DE-buchhandlerin · Buchhändlerin · German

Buchhändlerin · rank #65,067 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,067
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bruttoinlands…

Nearest frequency peer: Bruttoinlandsprodukts (-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 „Buchhändlerin“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Buchhändlerin
PropertyValue
HeadwordBuchhändlerin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbuːxˌhɛndləʁɪn]
Letters13
Frequency rank#65,067
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Buchhändlerin“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bruttoinlandsprodukts“ (#65,066), „Buckeln“ (#65,068), „Brusttasche“ (#65,065). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Buchhändlerin“ bei #65,067. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Buchhändlerin is uncommon German at frequency #65,067 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbuːxˌhɛndləʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die vor allem mit Büchern handelt".

Buchhändlerin has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Buchhändlerin, spelled B-U-C-H-H-Ä-N-D-L-E-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    weibliche Person, die vor allem mit Büchern handelt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Buchhändlerinnen können ihre Kunden beraten, das richtige Buch zu finden.
  2. „Nun sitzt sie uns gegenüber, wortkarg und schüchtern, und sagt, dass sie nichts lieber wäre als Buchhändlerin, und wir wissen nicht warum, aber wir glauben ihr.“

This word in other languages

librera(Español)libraire(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 "Buchhändlerin"?
"Buchhändlerin" is spelled B-U-C-H-H-Ä-N-D-L-E-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbuːxˌhɛndləʁɪn].
What does "Buchhändlerin" mean?
As a noun, "Buchhändlerin" means: weibliche Person, die vor allem mit Büchern handelt
How do you pronounce "Buchhändlerin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Buchhändlerin" is [ˈbuːxˌhɛndləʁɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Buchhändlerin" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bäckermeister#65,073distanzierten#65,114Autorisierung#65,012Ausstattungen#65,008

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list