Bedeckung

[bəˈdɛkʊŋ]

/[bəˈdɛkʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bedeckung” is uncommon German (frequency #67,023 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,023
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Bedecken

Corpus desk

Index DE-bedeckung · Bedeckung · German

Bedeckung · rank #67,023 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,023
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Beamtinnen

Nearest frequency peer: Beamtinnen (-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 „Bedeckung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bedeckung
PropertyValue
HeadwordBedeckung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈdɛkʊŋ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#67,023
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bedeckung“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Bedeckungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Beamtinnen“ (#67,022), „bedrängte“ (#67,024), „beetle“ (#67,025). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bedeckung“ bei #67,023. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bedeckung is uncommon German at frequency #67,023 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈdɛkʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Bedeckung has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Bedeckung, spelled B-E-D-E-C-K-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Bedecken
  2. 2
    bewaffnete Schutzeinheit
  3. 3
    Gegenstand zum Bedecken
  4. 4
    finanzielle Abdeckung
  5. 5
    das Decken der Muttertiere

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Bedeckung der Unterkünfte schreitet gut voran.
  2. Gebt ihm Bedeckung mit!

This word in other languages

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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 "Bedeckung"?
"Bedeckung" is spelled B-E-D-E-C-K-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈdɛkʊŋ].
What does "Bedeckung" mean?
As a noun, "Bedeckung" means: das Bedecken
How do you pronounce "Bedeckung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bedeckung" is [bəˈdɛkʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bedeckung" come from?
"Bedeckung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bedrängte#67,024baufällig#67,020begehbare#67,027Auszeiten#67,009

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list