Butterbirne
[ˈbʊtɐˌbɪʁnə]
The verdict
“Butterbirne” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - saftige, mild schmeckende Birne, deren Fruchtfleisch besonders weich ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-butterbirne · Butterbirne · German
Butterbirne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Butterbirne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʊtɐˌbɪʁnə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Butterbirne“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Butterbirne is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʊtɐˌbɪʁnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "saftige, mild schmeckende Birne, deren Fruchtfleisch besonders weich ist".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Butterbirne, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Butterbirne, spelled B-U-T-T-E-R-B-I-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1saftige, mild schmeckende Birne, deren Fruchtfleisch besonders weich ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Butterbirne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zum Nachtisch aßen wir Butterbirnen.
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.