Geburtstagskuchen
[ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌtaːksˌkuːxn̩]
The verdict
“Geburtstagskuchen” is uncommon German (frequency #75,674 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,674
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kuchen, der speziell zum Geburtstag präsentiert wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-geburtstagskuchen · Geburtstagskuchen · German
Geburtstagskuchen · rank #75,674 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,674
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gebetbuch
Nearest frequency peer: Gebetbuch (-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 „Geburtstagskuchen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gasmasken
Gasmasken
24,330 corpus weight
- Gastgeschenk
Gastgeschenk
24,329 corpus weight
- Gebetbuch
Gebetbuch
24,328 corpus weight
- Geburtstags…
Geburtstagskuchen
24,327 corpus weight
- gecovert
gecovert
24,326 corpus weight
- Gedichtes
Gedichtes
24,325 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Geburtstagskuchen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geburtstagskuchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌtaːksˌkuːxn̩] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #75,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geburtstagskuchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geburtstagskuchen is uncommon German at frequency #75,674 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌtaːksˌkuːxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kuchen, der speziell zum Geburtstag präsentiert wird".
Zero misspellings are on record for Geburtstagskuchen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Geburtstagskuchen, spelled G-E-B-U-R-T-S-T-A-G-S-K-U-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Kuchen, der speziell zum Geburtstag präsentiert wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Geburtstagskuchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Gestern und vorgestern sind bereits Geburtstagskuchen überreicht worden, am ersten Tag eine zweistöckige Torte zur goldenen Hochzeit.“
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.
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