Burkini

/[ˌbʊʁˈkiːni]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#70,115

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Burkini is aGermannoun. It means: eine zu islamischen Kleidungsvorschriften konforme, den gesamten Körper verhüllende Badekleidung für Frauen Pronounced [ˌbʊʁˈkiːni].

Key facts for Burkini
PropertyValue
HeadwordBurkini
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌbʊʁˈkiːni]
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,115
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Burkini is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌbʊʁˈkiːni]. Corpus data places it at rank #70,115 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine zu islamischen Kleidungsvorschriften konforme, den gesamten Körper verhüllende Badekleidung für Frauen".

No misspelling variants are generated for Burkini in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Burkini, spelled B-U-R-K-I-N-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine zu islamischen Kleidungsvorschriften konforme, den gesamten Körper verhüllende Badekleidung für Frauen

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #70,115 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Burkini"?
"Burkini" is spelled B-U-R-K-I-N-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌbʊʁˈkiːni].
What does "Burkini" mean?
As a noun, "Burkini" means: eine zu islamischen Kleidungsvorschriften konforme, den gesamten Körper verhüllende Badekleidung für Frauen
How do you pronounce "Burkini"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Burkini" is [ˌbʊʁˈkiːni]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Burkini" come from?
"Burkini" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.