berliner
/bɚˈlɪnɚ/noun
berliner is spelled B-E-R-L-I-N-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, berliner means “Alternative letter-case form of Berliner (“filled pastry”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of berliner is berliners.
How many letters and syllables are in berliner?
| Letters | 8: B-E-R-L-I-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,680th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is berliner?
Berliner appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce berliner?
- US /bɚˈlɪnɚ/
- UK /bəˈlɪnə/
Berliner has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Berliner.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with berliner?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as berliner from its last stressed vowel (/ɪnəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of berliner
- berliners plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does berliner mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Berliner (“filled pastry”).
noun
- 1
A native or inhabitant of Berlin.
- 2
A doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling.
- 3
A newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 315 by 470 millimetres (12.4 in × 18.5 inches), slightly taller and wider than a tabloid but narrower and shorter than a broadsheet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Berliner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Berlinois, Berlinoise , boule de Berlin |
| German | Berliner, Berlinerin , Pfannkuchen, Berliner Pfannkuchen, Fannkuchen (Berlinese) |
| Portuguese | berlinense, berlinês , bola-de-berlim, bola-de-Berlim, bola de berlim, bola de Berlim |
| Spanish | berlinés, berlinesa |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does berliner come from?
The first sense is either from German Berliner (“native or inhabitant of Berlin”) or formed in English from Berlin + -er. The second sense is from German Berliner (“doughnut”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).