Tulpe

[ˈtʊlpə]

/[ˈtʊlpə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Tulpe” is uncommon German (frequency #56,597 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,597
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Blütenpflanze (Tulipa) aus der Familie der Liliengewächse (Liliaceae)

Corpus desk

Index DE-tulpe · Tulpe · German

Tulpe · rank #56,597 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,597
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH tröstlich

Nearest frequency peer: tröstlich (-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 „Tulpe“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Tulpe
PropertyValue
HeadwordTulpe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtʊlpə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#56,597
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Tulpe“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Tulpefällt 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: „tröstlich“ (#56,596), „Tumors“ (#56,598), „trist“ (#56,595). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Tulpe“ bei #56,597. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tulpe is uncommon German at frequency #56,597 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtʊlpə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

Tulpe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Tulpe, spelled T-U-L-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Blütenpflanze (Tulipa) aus der Familie der Liliengewächse (Liliaceae)
  2. 2
    Stielglas, dessen Form der einer Tulpenblüte ähnelt und aus dem insbesondere Bier (Pils), Wein oder Sekt getrunken wird
  3. 3
    Glasgefäß, um den Urin eines (bettlägerigen) Patienten aufzufangen
  4. 4
    Regenschirm, der durch heftigen Wind umgestülpt worden ist
  5. 5
    jemand, der eigenartig, merkwürdig, sonderbar, wunderlich und mitunter dümmlich ist
  6. 6
    Mädchen, das unbeständig ist und häufig den Freund wechselt
  7. 7
    (breite und/oder dicke und/oder große) Nase (besonders die gerötet ist), vor allem aber eine Stülpnase
  8. 8
    oberster Körperteil eines Menschen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ein Beet voller Tulpen wurde von den Gärtnern angelegt.
  2. „Bey dieſen Worten oͤffnete der Markeſe die fließpapierne Tuͤte, die er mitgebracht, und mit langſamer Sorgfalt zog er daraus hervor eine wunderſchoͤne Tulpe.“

Synonyms

TulipanTulipaneTulpenglasUrinflascheUringlasEnte

This word in other languages

tulip(English)tulipán(Español)tulipe(Français)tulipa(Português)

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 "Tulpe"?
"Tulpe" is spelled T-U-L-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtʊlpə].
What does "Tulpe" mean?
As a noun, "Tulpe" means: Blütenpflanze (Tulipa) aus der Familie der Liliengewächse (Liliaceae)
How do you pronounce "Tulpe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tulpe" is [ˈtʊlpə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tulpe" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

trist#56,595Tweed#56,600Thiem#56,585Sykes#56,571

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list