Buchstabensalat
German, noun/ˈbuːxʃtaːbn̩zaˌlaːt/
Buchstabensalat is spelled B-U-C-H-S-T-A-B-E-N-S-A-L-A-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buchstabensalat is a German masculine noun meaning “alphabetical puzzle, alphabetical jumble, jumble of letters, letter salad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “willkürliche Abfolge von Buchstaben, die nicht für eine bedeutungshaltige (sinnvolle) sprachliche Einheit…”.
What does Buchstabensalat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealphabetical puzzle, alphabetical jumble, jumble of letters, letter salad
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. willkürliche Abfolge von Buchstaben, die nicht für eine bedeutungshaltige (sinnvolle) sprachliche Einheit steht
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 Buchstabensalat
- Buchstabensalates genitive
- Buchstabensalats genitive
- Buchstabensalate plural
- Buchstabensalaten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Buchstabensalat?
- /ˈbuːxʃtaːbn̩zaˌlaːt/
- [ˈbuːxʃtaːbn̩zaˌlaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Buchstabensalat in German?
Buchstabensalat appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).