bullying
[ˈbʊliɪŋ]
The verdict
“bullying” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Drangsalieren, Drangsalierung
Corpus desk
Index DE-bullying · bullying · German
bullying · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | bullying |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʊliɪŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bullying“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bullying is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʊliɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for bullying in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is bullying, spelled B-U-L-L-Y-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Drangsalieren, Drangsalierung
- 2Terror
- 3Tyrannisieren
- 4Schikane, Schikanieren
- 5Mobbing
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bullying appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively to impose domination over others.“
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.