Bürgschaft

/[ˈbʏʁkʃaft]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,982

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Bürgschaft is aGermannoun. It means: als akzessorische, persönliche Sicherheit für eine Forderung dienender einseitig verpflichtender Vertrag zwischen Gläubiger und Bürgen darüber, dass der Bürge sich gegenüber dem Gläubiger dazu verp... Pronounced [ˈbʏʁkʃaft]. Often confused with Bürgschaften and Bürgerschaft.

Key facts for Bürgschaft
PropertyValue
HeadwordBürgschaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʏʁkʃaft]
Letters10
Frequency rank#29,982
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Bürgschaft in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Bürgschaft is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbʏʁkʃaft]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,982 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for Bürgschaft, with forms such as "bbürgschaft", "brügschaft", and "bügrschaft". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Bürgschaften", "Bürgerschaft", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Bürgschaft, spelled B-Ü-R-G-S-C-H-A-F-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    als akzessorische, persönliche Sicherheit für eine Forderung dienender einseitig verpflichtender Vertrag zwischen Gläubiger und Bürgen darüber, dass der Bürge sich gegenüber dem Gläubiger dazu verpflichtet, (subsidiär) für eine Verbindlichkeit des Schuldners einzustehen
  2. 2
    Betrag, über den eine Bürgschaft^([1]) geleistet wird
  3. 3
    Garantie, Gewähr

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbürgschaft,brügschaft,bügrschaft,bürgcshaft,bürggschaft,bürgscahft,bürgscchaft,bürgschafft,bürgschaftt,bürgschatf,bürgschfat,bürgschhaft,bürgshcaft,bürgsschaft,bürrgschaft,bürsgchaft,übrgschaft

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Bürgschaft

Misspelling Variants of "Bürgschaft"

bbürgschaft11brügschaft10bügrschaft10bürgcshaft10bürggschaft11bürgscahft10bürgscchaft11bürgschafft11
Misspelling Variants of "Bürgschaft"

Frequency rank: #29,982 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bürgschaft"?
"Bürgschaft" is spelled B-Ü-R-G-S-C-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʏʁkʃaft].
What does "Bürgschaft" mean?
As a noun, "Bürgschaft" means: als akzessorische, persönliche Sicherheit für eine Forderung dienender einseitig verpflichtender Vertrag zwischen Gläubiger und Bürgen darüber, dass der Bürge sich gegenüber dem Gläubiger dazu verp...
What words are commonly confused with "Bürgschaft"?
"Bürgschaft" is commonly confused with "Bürgschaften", "Bürgerschaft". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bürgschaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bürgschaft" is [ˈbʏʁkʃaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bürgschaft" come from?
"Bürgschaft" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.