buhlen

[ˈbuːlən]

/[ˈbuːlən]/ verb

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The verdict

“buhlen” is uncommon German (frequency #56,025 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,025
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich um etwas liebedienerisch, unterwürfig bewerben

Corpus desk

Index DE-buhlen · buhlen · German

buhlen · rank #56,025 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,025
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bumst

Nearest frequency peer: bumst (+1 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 „buhlen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for buhlen
PropertyValue
Headwordbuhlen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbuːlən]
Letters6
Frequency rank#56,025
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „buhlen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.buhlenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bumst“ (#56,026), „Béla“ (#56,027), „Bürgerschaftswahl“ (#56,029). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „buhlen“ bei #56,025. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

buhlen is uncommon German at frequency #56,025 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbuːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

buhlen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is buhlen, spelled B-U-H-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich um etwas liebedienerisch, unterwürfig bewerben
  2. 2
    mit jemandem Zärtlichkeiten austauschen
  3. 3
    ein Liebesverhältnis haben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how buhlen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Unternehmen haben auf der Messe wieder um die Kunden gebuhlt.
  2. „Ein Schriftsteller buhlt auf ebenso schmähliche Weise wie ein Politiker oder sonst ein Scharlatan um sein Publikum.“

Synonyms

umgarnenumwerbenherzenkosenschmusen

This word in other languages

court(English)cortejar(Español)draguer(Français)

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 "buhlen"?
"buhlen" is spelled B-U-H-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbuːlən].
What does "buhlen" mean?
As a verb, "buhlen" means: sich um etwas liebedienerisch, unterwürfig bewerben
How do you pronounce "buhlen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "buhlen" is [ˈbuːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "buhlen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bogens#56,012beäugt#56,001Dielen#56,056duscht#56,065

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list