Busserl
[ˈbʊsɐl]
The verdict
“Busserl” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein kurzer Kuss, zum Beispiel auf die Wange
Corpus desk
Index DE-busserl · Busserl · German
Busserl · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Busserl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʊsɐl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Busserl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Busserl is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʊsɐl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Busserl has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Busserl, spelled B-U-S-S-E-R-L.
Definition
- 1ein kurzer Kuss, zum Beispiel auf die Wange
- 2kleines Gebäckstück (besonders zur Weihnachtszeit); eine Teigmasse aus gemahlenen Nüssen, steif geschlagenem Eiweiß und Zucker wird in kleinen Häufchen auf Oblaten oder direkt auf ein Blech gesetzt und gebacken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Busserl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zum Abschied gab Peter seiner Frau noch ein Busserl, dann blieb er für immer verschwunden.
„Der Mandatar verzichtete ostentativ darauf, dem Klinikdirektor die Hand zu schütteln, auch die üblichen Busserl mit den Damen fielen diesmal aus.“
This word in other languages
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.