Pusteblume
[ˈpuːstəˌbluːmə]
The verdict
“Pusteblume” is uncommon German (frequency #77,208 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,208
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abgeblühter Löwenzahn (regional auch: Butterblume, Hundeblume, Hundslattich, Kettenblume, Kuhblume, Saublume), dessen charakteristischer Samenstand aus kugelförmig angeordneten Samen besteht, die l...
Corpus desk
Index DE-pusteblume · Pusteblume · German
Pusteblume · rank #77,208 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,208
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH putnam
Nearest frequency peer: putnam (+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 „Pusteblume“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- punktgleich…
punktgleichen
22,796 corpus weight
- punktiert
punktiert
22,795 corpus weight
- Pusteblume
Pusteblume
22,793 corpus weight
- putnam
putnam
22,792 corpus weight
- qkm
qkm
22,791 corpus weight
- Qualitätsme…
Qualitätsmedien
22,790 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Pusteblume“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pusteblume |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpuːstəˌbluːmə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #77,208 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pusteblume“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pusteblume is uncommon German at frequency #77,208 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpuːstəˌbluːmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "abgeblühter Löwenzahn (regional auch: Butterblume, Hundeblume, Hundslattich, Kettenblume, Kuhblume, Saublume), dessen charakteristischer Samenstand aus kugelförmig angeordneten Samen besteht, die l...".
Zero misspellings are on record for Pusteblume in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Pusteblume, spelled P-U-S-T-E-B-L-U-M-E.
Definition
- 1abgeblühter Löwenzahn (regional auch: Butterblume, Hundeblume, Hundslattich, Kettenblume, Kuhblume, Saublume), dessen charakteristischer Samenstand aus kugelförmig angeordneten Samen besteht, die leicht weggepustet oder durch Wind leicht davongeweht werden können
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pusteblume appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn man gegen eine Pusteblume bläst, kann man die kleinen Samen an ihren Fallschirmen beim Umherwirbeln beobachten.
„Es sah seltsam aus; ich dachte erst, es wär’ eine große weiße Pusteblume; aber — Gritta, ich bitte Dich, erschrick Dich nicht — sie bewegte sich, der alte Jude Abraham vom großen Meerschiff erhob sein weißhaariges Haupt und sah uns an!“
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.
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