Bukolik
[buˈkoːlɪk]
The verdict
“Bukolik” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - idyllische Hirten- oder Schäferdichtung
Corpus desk
Index DE-bukolik · Bukolik · German
Bukolik · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Bukolik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [buˈkoːlɪk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bukolik“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bukolik is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [buˈkoːlɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "idyllische Hirten- oder Schäferdichtung".
Bukolik doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Bukolik, spelled B-U-K-O-L-I-K.
Definition
- 1idyllische Hirten- oder Schäferdichtung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bukolik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Noch 2.000 Jahre später sollte der Zauber der Bukolik auf gebildete Kreise wirken: Goethe war bewegt von antiker Schäferdichtung, er pries Theokrit als "Blumen singenden, Honig lallenden, freundlich winkenden Dichter".“
„Es wäre ein grober Fehler, vom Thema der Bukolik - der seligen Naivität in einer noch heilen Natur - auf die Einfalt ihrer Autoren zu schließen.“
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.