Bürgerschreck
[ˈbʏʁɡɐˌʃʁɛk]
The verdict
“Bürgerschreck” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die sich nicht an gesellschaftliche Normen hält, die bewusst provoziert, um den Durchschnittsbürger zu verschrecken oder zu verärgern
Corpus desk
Index DE-burgerschreck · Bürgerschreck · German
Bürgerschreck · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | Bürgerschreck |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʏʁɡɐˌʃʁɛk] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bürgerschreck“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bürgerschreck is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʏʁɡɐˌʃʁɛk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die sich nicht an gesellschaftliche Normen hält, die bewusst provoziert, um den Durchschnittsbürger zu verschrecken oder zu verärgern".
Bürgerschreck doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Bürgerschreck, spelled B-Ü-R-G-E-R-S-C-H-R-E-C-K.
Definition
- 1Person, die sich nicht an gesellschaftliche Normen hält, die bewusst provoziert, um den Durchschnittsbürger zu verschrecken oder zu verärgern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bürgerschreck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aus dem Bürgerschreck der Studentenbewegung ist nun ein angesehener Wirtschaftsanwalt geworden.
[Serge] Gainsbourg war der ideale Bürgerschreck für die siebziger und achtziger Jahre, eine Mischung aus Zigeunerbaron und Easy Rider, Protzer und Poet, Maul- und Frauenheld.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.