beerdigen

[bəˈʔeːɐ̯dɪɡn̩]

/[bəˈʔeːɐ̯dɪɡn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“beerdigen” is uncommon German (frequency #50,312 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,312
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Verstorbenen in der Erde (meist in einem Sarg) begraben, beisetzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-beerdigen · beerdigen · German

beerdigen · rank #50,312 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,312
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH beaver

Nearest frequency peer: beaver (-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 „beerdigen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beerdigen
PropertyValue
Headwordbeerdigen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʔeːɐ̯dɪɡn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,312
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „beerdigen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „beaver“ (#50,311), „Beginner“ (#50,313), „beachtlicher“ (#50,310). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beerdigen“ bei #50,312. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beerdigen is uncommon German at frequency #50,312 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈʔeːɐ̯dɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen Verstorbenen in der Erde (meist in einem Sarg) begraben, beisetzen".

Zero misspellings are on record for beerdigen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is beerdigen, spelled B-E-E-R-D-I-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen Verstorbenen in der Erde (meist in einem Sarg) begraben, beisetzen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Wir beerdigten Opa auf dem Friedhof.
  2. Ich habe gestern meinen Hamster beerdigt.

Synonyms

begraben

Antonyms

exhumierenausgraben

This word in other languages

bury(English)enterrar(Español)enterrer(Français)

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 "beerdigen"?
"beerdigen" is spelled B-E-E-R-D-I-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʔeːɐ̯dɪɡn̩].
What does "beerdigen" mean?
As a verb, "beerdigen" means: einen Verstorbenen in der Erde (meist in einem Sarg) begraben, beisetzen
How do you pronounce "beerdigen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beerdigen" is [bəˈʔeːɐ̯dɪɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beerdigen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Baldachin#50,304besiedeln#50,325bestreite#50,327bewohnbar#50,331

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list