Tulpe
[ˈtʊlpə]
The verdict
“Tulpe” is an uncommon German word, ranked #56,597 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #56,597
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Blütenpflanze (Tulipa) aus der Familie der Liliengewächse (Liliaceae)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tulpe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtʊlpə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,597 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tulpe” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Tulpe is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtʊlpə]. Corpus data places it at rank #56,597 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Blütenpflanze (Tulipa) aus der Familie der Liliengewächse (Liliaceae)
- 2Stielglas, dessen Form der einer Tulpenblüte ähnelt und aus dem insbesondere Bier (Pils), Wein oder Sekt getrunken wird
- 3Glasgefäß, um den Urin eines (bettlägerigen) Patienten aufzufangen
- 4Regenschirm, der durch heftigen Wind umgestülpt worden ist
- 5jemand, der eigenartig, merkwürdig, sonderbar, wunderlich und mitunter dümmlich ist
- 6Mädchen, das unbeständig ist und häufig den Freund wechselt
- 7(breite und/oder dicke und/oder große) Nase (besonders die gerötet ist), vor allem aber eine Stülpnase
- 8oberster Körperteil eines Menschen
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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Using “Tulpe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-U-L-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtʊlpə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.