burst
[bɜːst]
The verdict
“burst” is uncommon German (frequency #78,999 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,999
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Explosion, gewaltsames, kräftiges Auseinanderbrechen
Corpus desk
Index DE-burst · burst · German
burst · rank #78,999 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,999
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bussard
Nearest frequency peer: Bussard (+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 „burst“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Bundesgesun…
Bundesgesundheitsminister
21,005 corpus weight
- burst
burst
21,002 corpus weight
- Bussard
Bussard
21,001 corpus weight
- bückt
bückt
20,998 corpus weight
- Bürgergesel…
Bürgergesellschaft
20,997 corpus weight
- Bürgerrecht…
Bürgerrechten
20,996 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „burst“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | burst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bɜːst] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #78,999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „burst“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
burst is uncommon German at frequency #78,999 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bɜːst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for burst in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is burst, spelled B-U-R-S-T.
Definition
- 1Explosion, gewaltsames, kräftiges Auseinanderbrechen
- 2der Schaden den eine Explosion hervorruft, Riss
- 3eine sehr große Anstrengung, Ausbruch an Energie
- 4plötzlicher/ unerwarteter Ausbruch von etwas
- 5kurz aufeinander folgende Schüsse aus einer Maschinenpistole, Salve, Feuersalve
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how burst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
the burst of a shell, bomb - das Auseinanderbrechen einer Schale/ Bombe
a burst in a waterpipe - ein Riss in der Wasserleitung
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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