Ossobuco
[ɔsoˈbʊko]
The verdict
“Ossobuco” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Kalbshachse, Weißwein oder Fleischbrühe, gehackten Tomaten und Gremolata zubereitetes traditionelles Schmorgericht der italienischen, besonders Mailänder Küche
Corpus desk
Index DE-ossobuco · Ossobuco · German
Ossobuco · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | Ossobuco |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔsoˈbʊko] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ossobuco“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ossobuco is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔsoˈbʊko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit Kalbshachse, Weißwein oder Fleischbrühe, gehackten Tomaten und Gremolata zubereitetes traditionelles Schmorgericht der italienischen, besonders Mailänder Küche".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Ossobuco, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Ossobuco, spelled O-S-S-O-B-U-C-O.
Definition
- 1mit Kalbshachse, Weißwein oder Fleischbrühe, gehackten Tomaten und Gremolata zubereitetes traditionelles Schmorgericht der italienischen, besonders Mailänder Küche
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ossobuco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie hatte ein Ossobuco vorbereitet.“
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.