Teddybär

[ˈtɛdiˌbɛːɐ̯]

/[ˈtɛdiˌbɛːɐ̯]/ noun

The verdict

“Teddybär” is uncommon German (frequency #54,142 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,142
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vor allem als Kuschel- und Schlaftier verwendetes Stofftier für Kinder, dessen Form und Aussehen einem Bären nachgebildet ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-teddybar · Teddybär · German

Teddybär · rank #54,142 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,142
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH therapy

Nearest frequency peer: therapy (+3 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 „Teddybär“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Teddybär
PropertyValue
HeadwordTeddybär
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtɛdiˌbɛːɐ̯]
Letters8
Frequency rank#54,142
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Teddybär“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „therapy“ (#54,145), „tapferer“ (#54,138), „tiefstem“ (#54,146). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Teddybär“ bei #54,142. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Teddybär is uncommon German at frequency #54,142 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtɛdiˌbɛːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vor allem als Kuschel- und Schlaftier verwendetes Stofftier für Kinder, dessen Form und Aussehen einem Bären nachgebildet ist".

No misspelling variants are generated for Teddybär in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Teddybär, spelled T-E-D-D-Y-B-Ä-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    vor allem als Kuschel- und Schlaftier verwendetes Stofftier für Kinder, dessen Form und Aussehen einem Bären nachgebildet ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sie kuschelte mit ihrem Teddybären.
  2. „Du, kauf mir doch so einen Teddybären!“

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 "Teddybär"?
"Teddybär" is spelled T-E-D-D-Y-B-Ä-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtɛdiˌbɛːɐ̯].
What does "Teddybär" mean?
As a noun, "Teddybär" means: vor allem als Kuschel- und Schlaftier verwendetes Stofftier für Kinder, dessen Form und Aussehen einem Bären nachgebildet ist
How do you pronounce "Teddybär"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Teddybär" is [ˈtɛdiˌbɛːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Teddybär" come from?
"Teddybär" 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 "Teddybär", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list