puschen

[ˈpʊʃn̩]

/[ˈpʊʃn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“puschen” is uncommon German (frequency #76,074 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,074
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wasser lassen, urinieren

Corpus desk

Index DE-puschen · puschen · German

puschen · rank #76,074 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,074
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Protestler

Nearest frequency peer: Protestler (-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 „puschen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „puschen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for puschen
PropertyValue
Headwordpuschen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈpʊʃn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#76,074
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „puschen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).puschenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Protestler“ (#76,073), „Pustekuchen“ (#76,075), „Profisport“ (#76,072). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „puschen“ bei #76,074. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

puschen is uncommon German at frequency #76,074 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpʊʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

puschen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is puschen, spelled P-U-S-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wasser lassen, urinieren
  2. 2
    jemanden oder etwas bekannt machen, in eine unverdient hohe Position bringen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how puschen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Halt an, ich muss mal puschen.
  2. Er wurde von den Radiosendern massiv gepuscht.

Synonyms

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "puschen"?
"puschen" is spelled P-U-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpʊʃn̩].
What does "puschen" mean?
As a verb, "puschen" means: Wasser lassen, urinieren
How do you pronounce "puschen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "puschen" is [ˈpʊʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "puschen" come from?
"puschen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "puschen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list