bedachtsam
[bəˈdaxtzaːm]
The verdict
“bedachtsam” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vorausschauend, überlegt, mit Bedacht handelnd
Corpus desk
Index DE-bedachtsam · bedachtsam · German
bedachtsam · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | bedachtsam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈdaxtzaːm] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bedachtsam“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bedachtsam is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈdaxtzaːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vorausschauend, überlegt, mit Bedacht handelnd".
bedachtsam has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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 bedachtsam, spelled B-E-D-A-C-H-T-S-A-M.
Definition
- 1vorausschauend, überlegt, mit Bedacht handelnd
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bedachtsam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[COVID-19-Pandemie:] „Regierungschef Michael Müller (SPD) und andere Senatoren hatten in den vergangenen Tagen deutlich gemacht, dass sie bei Lockerungen weiterhin auf bedachtsames, schrittweises Vorgehen setzen, das von der Entwicklung der Infektionszahlen abhängig sei.“
„Im Spielfilm von 1982 zeigen stoische Nahaufnahmen, wie die Menschenkette bedachtsamen Schrittes auf die Wachtposten vorrückt.“
This word in other languages
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.