Busfahren

[ˈbʊsˌfaːʁən]

/[ˈbʊsˌfaːʁən]/ noun

The verdict

“Busfahren” is uncommon German (frequency #91,421 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,421
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Fahren in einem Bus als Fahrgast

Corpus desk

Index DE-busfahren · Busfahren · German

Busfahren · rank #91,421 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,421
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH butters

Nearest frequency peer: butters (+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 „Busfahren“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Busfahren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Busfahren
PropertyValue
HeadwordBusfahren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʊsˌfaːʁən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#91,421
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Busfahren“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Busfahrenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „butters“ (#91,422), „bucklige“ (#91,415), „Buchenholz“ (#91,413). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Busfahren“ bei #91,421. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Busfahren is uncommon German at frequency #91,421 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʊsˌfaːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Busfahren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Busfahren, spelled B-U-S-F-A-H-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Fahren in einem Bus als Fahrgast
  2. 2
    das Fahren eines Busses als Busfahrer

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Busfahren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Wenn sich Ängste aber auf Situationen oder Objekte beziehen, von denen (hier zu Lande) keine Gefahr ausgeht – etwa Spinnen, Busfahren (Agoraphobie) oder fremde Menschen (soziale Phobie) –, und wenn sie den Alltag oder die Lebensqualität übermäßig einschränken, gelten sie als Angststörung.“
  2. „Wie viele andere Dinge des Lebens auch geschieht Busfahren damals strikt nach Rassen getrennt: vorne dürfen nur weiße Menschen sitzen, hinten nur schwarze.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Busfahren"?
"Busfahren" is spelled B-U-S-F-A-H-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʊsˌfaːʁən].
What does "Busfahren" mean?
As a noun, "Busfahren" means: das Fahren in einem Bus als Fahrgast
How do you pronounce "Busfahren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Busfahren" is [ˈbʊsˌfaːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Busfahren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Busfahren", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list