beängstigen
[bəˈʔɛŋstɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“beängstigen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unruhe und Besorgnis (Angst) auslösen
Corpus desk
Index DE-beangstigen · beängstigen · German
beängstigen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beängstigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈʔɛŋstɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „beängstigen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
beängstigen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈʔɛŋstɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unruhe und Besorgnis (Angst) auslösen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for beängstigen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 beängstigen, spelled B-E-Ä-N-G-S-T-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Unruhe und Besorgnis (Angst) auslösen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beängstigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese neue Situation beängstigt mich, wie soll ich mich jetzt verhalten?
„Der Grund: In diesen Gutachten wurde eine beängstigende Zahl zum notwendigen Verlustausgleich durch die Stadt genannt. 2,3 Millionen Euro pro Jahr!“
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.