Bürde
German, noun/ˈbʏrdə/
Bürde is spelled B-Ü-R-D-E (5 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 33,501st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bürde is a German feminine noun meaning “responsibility, obligation, important task” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Last mit hohem Gewicht”.
What does Bürde mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfeminineburden, something carried
- 2
feminineresponsibility, obligation, important task
- 3
femininesomething grievous, troubling, inhibiting
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Last mit hohem Gewicht 2. moralische Last 3. die Leibesfrucht 4. Belastung eines Messgerätes mit elektrischem Ausgangssignal
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Bürde
- Bürden plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bürde?
- /ˈbʏrdə/
- [ˈbʏʁ.də]
- [ˈbʏɐ̯.də]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bürde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bürde in German?
Bürde appears 1.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).