Bugspriet
[ˈbuːkˌʃpʁiːt]
The verdict
“Bugspriet” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - über den Bug hinausragende Segelstange
Corpus desk
Index DE-bugspriet · Bugspriet · German
Bugspriet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bugspriet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbuːkˌʃpʁiːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bugspriet“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bugspriet is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbuːkˌʃpʁiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "über den Bug hinausragende Segelstange".
No misspelling variants are generated for Bugspriet in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Bugspriet, spelled B-U-G-S-P-R-I-E-T.
Definition
- 1über den Bug hinausragende Segelstange
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bugspriet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Am Bugspriet stehen viele Personen.
„An zwischen Fock- und Großmast gespannten Leinen und an den Seilen, die den Fockmast mit dem stummelartigen Bugspriet verbanden, hingen Kleider zum Trocknen.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.