bürokratisch
[byʁoˈkʁaːtɪʃ]
The verdict
“bürokratisch” is uncommon German (frequency #61,383 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,383
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich sehr pedantisch an Regeln haltend / Vorschriften befolgend, dabei autoritär, schwerfällig und unflexibel wirkend
Corpus desk
Index DE-burokratisch · bürokratisch · German
bürokratisch · rank #61,383 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,383
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bürgt
Nearest frequency peer: bürgt (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „bürokratisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Burgberg
Burgberg
38,623 corpus weight
- Bürgerpflic…
Bürgerpflicht
38,620 corpus weight
- bürgt
bürgt
38,619 corpus weight
- bürokratisch
bürokratisch
38,618 corpus weight
- Büsten
Büsten
38,617 corpus weight
- chemistry
chemistry
38,613 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bürokratisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bürokratisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [byʁoˈkʁaːtɪʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #61,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bürokratisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bürokratisch is uncommon German at frequency #61,383 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [byʁoˈkʁaːtɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bürokratisch has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is bürokratisch, spelled B-Ü-R-O-K-R-A-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1sich sehr pedantisch an Regeln haltend / Vorschriften befolgend, dabei autoritär, schwerfällig und unflexibel wirkend
- 2den Regeln einer Verwaltung folgend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bürokratisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der klassische Schüleraustausch ist beliebt, aber teuer und bürokratisch aufwendig. Viel einfacher ist die Begegnung unterschiedlicher Kulturen übers Netz.“
„Im internationalen Vergleich ist das deutsche Gesundheitssystem […] teuer und bürokratisch.“
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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); 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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