bäte
[ˈbɛːtə]
The verdict
“bäte” is uncommon German (frequency #96,781 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,781
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bitten
Corpus desk
Index DE-bate · bäte · German
bäte · rank #96,781 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,781
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH byzantinischer
Nearest frequency peer: byzantinischer (-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 „bäte“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Bundesprüfs…
Bundesprüfstelle
3,224 corpus weight
- Bundesverfa…
Bundesverfassungsgerichtes
3,223 corpus weight
- byzantinisc…
byzantinischer
3,221 corpus weight
- bäte
bäte
3,220 corpus weight
- Bünden
Bünden
3,218 corpus weight
- Bützow
Bützow
3,216 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bäte“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bäte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbɛːtə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #96,781 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bäte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bäte is uncommon German at frequency #96,781 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbɛːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bäte, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is bäte, spelled B-Ä-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bitten
- 23. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bitten
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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