Bulimie
[buliˈmiː]
The verdict
“Bulimie” is uncommon German (frequency #73,336 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,336
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Essstörung, bei der ein Patient immer wieder zwischen Esssucht und Erbrechen schwankt
Corpus desk
Index DE-bulimie · Bulimie · German
Bulimie · rank #73,336 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,336
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH BSH
Nearest frequency peer: BSH (-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 „Bulimie“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- brush
brush
26,668 corpus weight
- bröckeln
bröckeln
26,667 corpus weight
- BSH
BSH
26,666 corpus weight
- Bulimie
Bulimie
26,665 corpus weight
- Bundesautob…
Bundesautobahn
26,664 corpus weight
- Bunge
Bunge
26,662 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bulimie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bulimie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [buliˈmiː] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,336 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bulimie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bulimie is uncommon German at frequency #73,336 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [buliˈmiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Essstörung, bei der ein Patient immer wieder zwischen Esssucht und Erbrechen schwankt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Bulimie in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Bulimie, spelled B-U-L-I-M-I-E.
Definition
- 1Essstörung, bei der ein Patient immer wieder zwischen Esssucht und Erbrechen schwankt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bulimie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie entwickelte Bulimie, richtete ihre Aggressionen gegen den eigenen Körper statt gegen die als unzulänglich erlebten Eltern.“
Synonyms
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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