bedächtig

[bəˈdɛçtɪç]

/[bəˈdɛçtɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“bedächtig” is uncommon German (frequency #75,431 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,431
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - langsam, gemächlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-bedachtig · bedächtig · German

bedächtig · rank #75,431 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,431
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Beeck

Nearest frequency peer: Beeck (+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 „bedächtig“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bedächtig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bedächtig
PropertyValue
Headwordbedächtig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈdɛçtɪç]
Letters9
Frequency rank#75,431
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bedächtig“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).bedächtigfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Beeck“ (#75,432), „Bauwagen“ (#75,429), „Beeten“ (#75,433). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bedächtig“ bei #75,431. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bedächtig is uncommon German at frequency #75,431 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈdɛçtɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for bedächtig in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for 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 bedächtig, spelled B-E-D-Ä-C-H-T-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    langsam, gemächlich
  2. 2
    mit Überlegung, mit Bedacht, mit Umsicht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bedächtig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Kommt ein bedächtiger besser voran?
  2. „Mit zwei Wanderstöcken in den Fäusten spaziert sie an einem Sommertag im Jahr 2020 bedächtig über grüne Almen zur Wallfahrtskapelle Maria Birkenstein.“

This word in other languages

leisurely(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bedächtig"?
"bedächtig" is spelled B-E-D-Ä-C-H-T-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈdɛçtɪç].
What does "bedächtig" mean?
As an adjective, "bedächtig" means: langsam, gemächlich
How do you pronounce "bedächtig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bedächtig" is [bəˈdɛçtɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bedächtig" come from?
"bedächtig" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bedächtig", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

befallene#75,434bekümmert#75,442Bereifung#75,446Bergfried#75,448

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list