beaver
[ˈbiːvə(ɹ)]
The verdict
“beaver” is uncommon German (frequency #50,311 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,311
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - höheres Säugetier aus der Ordnung der Nagetiere, das einen spindelförmigen bis 1,40 m langen Körper mit braunem Fell, einen breiten, abgeplatteten, mit lederartiger Haut bedeckten und unbehaarten S...
Corpus desk
Index DE-beaver · beaver · German
beaver · rank #50,311 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,311
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH beachtlicher
Nearest frequency peer: beachtlicher (-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 „beaver“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Baustoff
Baustoff
49,692 corpus weight
- beachtlicher
beachtlicher
49,691 corpus weight
- beaver
beaver
49,690 corpus weight
- beerdigen
beerdigen
49,689 corpus weight
- Beginner
Beginner
49,688 corpus weight
- beginnst
beginnst
49,687 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „beaver“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beaver |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbiːvə(ɹ)] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,311 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „beaver“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
beaver is uncommon German at frequency #50,311 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbiːvə(ɹ)]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
beaver has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is beaver, spelled B-E-A-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1höheres Säugetier aus der Ordnung der Nagetiere, das einen spindelförmigen bis 1,40 m langen Körper mit braunem Fell, einen breiten, abgeplatteten, mit lederartiger Haut bedeckten und unbehaarten Schwanz und Schwimmhäute hat
- 2Schambehaarung und/oder Vulva einer Frau
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how beaver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Beavers are known for their natural trait of building dams on rivers and streams, and building their homes (known as "lodges") in the resulting pond."
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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