Buhmann
[ˈbuːˌman]
The verdict
“Buhmann” is uncommon German (frequency #69,079 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,079
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die für etwas Unerwünschtes verantwortlich gemacht wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-buhmann · Buhmann · German
Buhmann · rank #69,079 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,079
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Buckow
Nearest frequency peer: Buckow (-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 „Buhmann“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Brunei
Brunei
30,927 corpus weight
- Buckow
Buckow
30,923 corpus weight
- Buhmann
Buhmann
30,922 corpus weight
- Bundesbahnen
Bundesbahnen
30,921 corpus weight
- Bundesminis…
Bundesministerien
30,919 corpus weight
- Busverbindu…
Busverbindung
30,917 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Buhmann“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Buhmann |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbuːˌman] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,079 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Buhmann“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Buhmann is uncommon German at frequency #69,079 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbuːˌman]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die für etwas Unerwünschtes verantwortlich gemacht wird".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Buhmann, 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.
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 Buhmann, spelled B-U-H-M-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1Person, die für etwas Unerwünschtes verantwortlich gemacht wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Buhmann appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jetzt bin ich wieder der Buhmann, weil keiner in der Lage ist oder in der Lage sein will die Verantwortung zu übernehmen.
Der Buhmann am Baupfusch ist der Bürgermeister.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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