Donnerbüchse
[ˈdɔnɐˌbʏksə]
The verdict
“Donnerbüchse” 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) - Gewehr mit trichterförmigem Lauf
Corpus desk
Index DE-donnerbuchse · Donnerbüchse · German
Donnerbüchse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | Donnerbüchse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɔnɐˌbʏksə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Donnerbüchse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Donnerbüchse is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɔnɐˌbʏksə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gewehr mit trichterförmigem Lauf".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Donnerbüchse in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Donnerbüchse, spelled D-O-N-N-E-R-B-Ü-C-H-S-E.
Definition
- 1Gewehr mit trichterförmigem Lauf
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Donnerbüchse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Muskete und Donnerbüchse sind Waffen für kurze Distanzen.
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.