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Bürzel

German, noun/ˈbʏʁt͡sl̩/

Bürzel is spelled B-Ü-R-Z-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bürzel is a German masculine noun meaning “rump, hindquarter of a bird” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Oberseite der Schwanzwurzel beziehungsweise hintere Rückenpartie eines Vogels”.

What does Bürzel mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinerump, hindquarter of a bird

  2. 2

    masculinetail (of a bear, badger, boar)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Oberseite der Schwanzwurzel beziehungsweise hintere Rückenpartie eines Vogels 2. Schwanz von Wildschwein, Dachs und Bär

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Bürzel

  • Bürzels genitive
  • Bürzeln dative definite plural
  • Pürzel variant

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Bürzel?

  • /ˈbʏʁt͡sl̩/
  • [ˈbʏʁt͡sl̩]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Bürzel

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Bürzel in German?

Bürzel appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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