bück

[bʏk]

/[bʏk]/ verb

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The verdict

“bück” is an uncommon German word, ranked #70,118 in German word frequency and used as a verb.

#70,118
frequency rank, German
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bücken

Key facts for bück
PropertyValue
Headwordbück
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bʏk]
Letters4
Frequency rank#70,118
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bück” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). bück lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bück is 4 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bʏk]. Corpus data places it at rank #70,118 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “bück”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-Ü-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [bʏk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list