Butterhörnchen
[ˈbʊtɐˌhœʁnçən]
The verdict
“Butterhörnchen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gebogenes Gebäck/Hörnchen, mit relativ viel Butter gebacken
Corpus desk
Index DE-butterhornchen · Butterhörnchen · German
Butterhörnchen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | Butterhörnchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʊtɐˌhœʁnçən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Butterhörnchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Butterhörnchen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʊtɐˌhœʁnçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gebogenes Gebäck/Hörnchen, mit relativ viel Butter gebacken".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Butterhörnchen, 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Butterhörnchen, spelled B-U-T-T-E-R-H-Ö-R-N-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1gebogenes Gebäck/Hörnchen, mit relativ viel Butter gebacken
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Butterhörnchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Silver legte zwei Hundertdollarscheine neben meinen Teller mit dem Butterhörnchen.“
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.