bedrängten

[bəˈdʁɛŋtn̩]

/[bəˈdʁɛŋtn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“bedrängten” is uncommon German (frequency #55,975 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,975
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bedrängt

Corpus desk

Index DE-bedrangten · bedrängten · German

bedrängten · rank #55,975 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,975
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bebauen

Nearest frequency peer: bebauen (-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 „bedrängten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bedrängten
PropertyValue
Headwordbedrängten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈdʁɛŋtn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,975
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bedrängten“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bebauen“ (#55,974), „befallenen“ (#55,976), „befreundeter“ (#55,977). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bedrängten“ bei #55,975. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bedrängten is uncommon German at frequency #55,975 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈdʁɛŋtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for bedrängten in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is bedrängten, spelled B-E-D-R-Ä-N-G-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bedrängt
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bedrängt
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bedrängt
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bedrängt
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bedrängt
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bedrängt
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bedrängt
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bedrängt
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bedrängt
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bedrängt
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bedrängt
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bedrängt

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 "bedrängten"?
"bedrängten" is spelled B-E-D-R-Ä-N-G-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈdʁɛŋtn̩].
What does "bedrängten" mean?
As an adjective, "bedrängten" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bedrängt
How do you pronounce "bedrängten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bedrängten" is [bəˈdʁɛŋtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bedrängten" come from?
"bedrängten" 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 "bedrängten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

befallenen#55,976Barzahlung#55,970belgischer#55,982auswaschen#55,964

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list