Buchstabensuppe
German, noun/ˈbuːxʃtaːbn̩ˌzʊpə/
Buchstabensuppe is spelled B-U-C-H-S-T-A-B-E-N-S-U-P-P-E (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). Buchstabensuppe is a German feminine noun meaning “alphabet soup” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Nudelsuppe mit zu Buchstaben geformten Nudeln als Einlage”.
What does Buchstabensuppe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealphabet soup
- 2
feminineany text incomprehensible due to orthographic or grammatical errors
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nudelsuppe mit zu Buchstaben geformten Nudeln als Einlage
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 Buchstabensuppe
- Buchstabensuppen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Buchstabensuppe?
- /ˈbuːxʃtaːbn̩ˌzʊpə/
- [ˈbuːxʃtaːbn̩ˌzʊpə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Buchstabensuppe in German?
Buchstabensuppe 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).