Bulimie

[buliˈmiː]

/[buliˈmiː]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bulimie
PropertyValue
HeadwordBulimie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[buliˈmiː]
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,336
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bulimie“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Bulimiefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „BSH“ (#73,335), „Bundesautobahn“ (#73,337), „bröckeln“ (#73,334). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bulimie“ bei #73,336. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Essstörung, bei der ein Patient immer wieder zwischen Esssucht und Erbrechen schwankt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Sie entwickelte Bulimie, richtete ihre Aggressionen gegen den eigenen Körper statt gegen die als unzulänglich erlebten Eltern.“

Synonyms

Bulimia nervosaEssbrechsucht

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bulimie"?
"Bulimie" is spelled B-U-L-I-M-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [buliˈmiː].
What does "Bulimie" mean?
As a noun, "Bulimie" means: Essstörung, bei der ein Patient immer wieder zwischen Esssucht und Erbrechen schwankt
How do you pronounce "Bulimie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bulimie" is [buliˈmiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bulimie" come from?
"Bulimie" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list