bück

[bʏk]

/[bʏk]/ verb

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The verdict

“bück” is uncommon German (frequency #70,118 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,118
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bücken

Corpus desk

Index DE-buck · bück · German

bück · rank #70,118 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,118
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH BWB

Nearest frequency peer: BWB (-2 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 „bück“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bück
PropertyValue
Headwordbück
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bʏk]
Letters4
Frequency rank#70,118
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bück“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).bückfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „BWB“ (#70,116), „Burkini“ (#70,115), „Burgstall“ (#70,114). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bück“ bei #70,118. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bück is uncommon German at frequency #70,118 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bʏk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bücken".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bück, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is bück, spelled B-Ü-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bücken

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 "bück"?
"bück" is spelled B-Ü-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [bʏk].
What does "bück" mean?
As a verb, "bück" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bücken
How do you pronounce "bück"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bück" is [bʏk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bück" come from?
"bück" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cane#70,123bloc#70,097eyed#70,237Amun#69,982

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list