Bürschchen
[ˈbʏʁʃçən]
The verdict
“Bürschchen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner Bursche
Corpus desk
Index DE-burschchen · Bürschchen · German
Bürschchen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Bürschchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʏʁʃçən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bürschchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bürschchen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʏʁʃçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner Bursche".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Bürschchen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Bürschchen, spelled B-Ü-R-S-C-H-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1kleiner Bursche
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bürschchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„»Geige spielen«, erwiderte das Bürschchen, gleichfalls ohne sein Spiel zu unterbrechen.“
„Ein mageres Bürschchen, mit eingefallenem Brustkasten, und was hält das Bürschchen unter dem Arm?“
Synonyms
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.