bedrücken
[bəˈdʁʏkn̩]
The verdict
“bedrücken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - traurig oder auch nachdenklich machen, weil etwas Unangenehmes auf jemandem lastet
Corpus desk
Index DE-bedrucken · bedrücken · German
bedrücken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | bedrücken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈdʁʏkn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bedrücken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bedrücken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈdʁʏkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "traurig oder auch nachdenklich machen, weil etwas Unangenehmes auf jemandem lastet".
bedrücken has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is bedrücken, spelled B-E-D-R-Ü-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1traurig oder auch nachdenklich machen, weil etwas Unangenehmes auf jemandem lastet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bedrücken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mutters Schweigen bedrückt mich, wieso schreibt sie nicht oder ruft an?
Linda wirkt in letzter Zeit so bedrückt.
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.