Buschtrommel
[ˈbʊʃˌtʁɔml̩]
The verdict
“Buschtrommel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trommel, die als Instrument der Nachrichtenübermittlung verwendet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-buschtrommel · Buschtrommel · German
Buschtrommel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Buschtrommel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʊʃˌtʁɔml̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Buschtrommel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Buschtrommel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʊʃˌtʁɔml̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Buschtrommel has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Buschtrommel, spelled B-U-S-C-H-T-R-O-M-M-E-L.
Definition
- 1Trommel, die als Instrument der Nachrichtenübermittlung verwendet wird
- 2Gerüchteküche, Urwaldtrommel, Flurfunk
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Buschtrommel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Streckenwärter drehten an seltsamen Telfonen, die Buschtrommeln ähnlicher waren als heutige Smartphones.“
„Im übertragenen Sinne sagt man von Gerüchten, sie seien durch die Buschtrommel verbreitet worden.“
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.