Buchstabe
German, noun/ˈbuːxʃtaːbə/
Buchstabe is spelled B-U-C-H-S-T-A-B-E (9 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written German, the 12,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buchstabe is a German masculine noun meaning “letter (of the alphabet)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zeichen, das die Laute einer Sprache in der Schrift wiedergeben kann”.
What does Buchstabe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineletter (of the alphabet)
- 2
masculineletter (a division unit of a piece of law marked by letters)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zeichen, das die Laute einer Sprache in der Schrift wiedergeben kann
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 Buchstabe
- Buchstabens genitive
- Buchstaben genitive uncommon
- Buchstab alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Buchstabe?
- /ˈbuːxʃtaːbə/
- [ˈbuːxˌʃtaːbə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Buchstabe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Buchstabe in German?
Buchstabe appears 4.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).