Burgers
[ˈbœːɐ̯ɡɐs]
The verdict
“Burgers” is uncommon German (frequency #67,080 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,080
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Burger
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Burgers |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbœːɐ̯ɡɐs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Burgers” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Burgers is uncommon German at frequency #67,080 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbœːɐ̯ɡɐs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Burger".
No misspelling variants are generated for Burgers in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Burgers, spelled B-U-R-G-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Burger
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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Using “Burgers”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-U-R-G-E-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbœːɐ̯ɡɐs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.