Bündchen

[ˈbʏntçən]

/[ˈbʏntçən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bündchen” is uncommon German (frequency #64,144 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,144
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abschluss eines Kleidungsstückes am Hals oder Ärmel

Corpus desk

Index DE-bundchen · Bündchen · German

Bündchen · rank #64,144 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,144
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bücherwurm

Nearest frequency peer: Bücherwurm (-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 „Bündchen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bündchen
PropertyValue
HeadwordBündchen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʏntçən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#64,144
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bündchen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Bündchenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bücherwurm“ (#64,143), „Calbe“ (#64,145), „börsennotierte“ (#64,142). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bündchen“ bei #64,144. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bündchen is uncommon German at frequency #64,144 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʏntçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abschluss eines Kleidungsstückes am Hals oder Ärmel".

Zero misspellings are on record for Bündchen in our 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Bündchen, spelled B-Ü-N-D-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abschluss eines Kleidungsstückes am Hals oder Ärmel

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Das Bündchen wird in Bayern und Österreich auch Stiezerl bzw. Stitzerl genannt.“
  2. „Das Bündchen ist die einfachste Methode, ein offenes Stoffende schön abzuschließen.“

Synonyms

BundSaumRandEinfassung

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 "Bündchen"?
"Bündchen" is spelled B-Ü-N-D-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʏntçən].
What does "Bündchen" mean?
As a noun, "Bündchen" means: Abschluss eines Kleidungsstückes am Hals oder Ärmel
How do you pronounce "Bündchen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bündchen" is [ˈbʏntçən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bündchen" come from?
"Bündchen" 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 "Bündchen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bezeugte#64,108Bettruhe#64,105bestreut#64,102besingen#64,100

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list