beerben

[bəˈʔɛʁbn̩]

/[bəˈʔɛʁbn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“beerben” is uncommon German (frequency #94,009 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,009
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach jemandes Tod dessen Nachlass/Hinterlassenschaft (Erbe) übernehmen

Corpus desk

Index DE-beerben · beerben · German

beerben · rank #94,009 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,009
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Beep

Nearest frequency peer: Beep (-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 „beerben“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beerben
PropertyValue
Headwordbeerben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʔɛʁbn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#94,009
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „beerben“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.beerbenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Beep“ (#94,008), „begossen“ (#94,011), „Bekenner“ (#94,012). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beerben“ bei #94,009. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beerben is uncommon German at frequency #94,009 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈʔɛʁbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

beerben has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is beerben, spelled B-E-E-R-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    nach jemandes Tod dessen Nachlass/Hinterlassenschaft (Erbe) übernehmen
  2. 2
    von einem Vorgänger ein Amt übernehmen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die zweite verbreitete Herangehensweise an den Familienstreit ist, laut darüber zu spekulieren, welcher der Anwesenden aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach die unverheiratete, alte, kränkelnde und überaus reiche Tante beerben wird.“
  2. „Diese Rechnung ging freilich nicht auf, Hua Guofeng beerbte Mao als Vorsitzender.“

Antonyms

ein Erbe ausschlagenvererben

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 "beerben"?
"beerben" is spelled B-E-E-R-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʔɛʁbn̩].
What does "beerben" mean?
As a verb, "beerben" means: nach jemandes Tod dessen Nachlass/Hinterlassenschaft (Erbe) übernehmen
How do you pronounce "beerben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beerben" is [bəˈʔɛʁbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beerben" come from?
"beerben" 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 "beerben", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bestach#94,028Ausrufe#93,982bliesen#94,045Cambrai#94,076

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list