befehligen
[bəˈfeːlɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“befehligen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Sagen (den Befehl, die Befehlsgewalt) über eine Gruppe von Menschen haben
Corpus desk
Index DE-befehligen · befehligen · German
befehligen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | befehligen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈfeːlɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „befehligen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
befehligen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈfeːlɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Sagen (den Befehl, die Befehlsgewalt) über eine Gruppe von Menschen haben".
befehligen has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is befehligen, spelled B-E-F-E-H-L-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1das Sagen (den Befehl, die Befehlsgewalt) über eine Gruppe von Menschen haben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how befehligen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Armeecorps befehligte ein General der Infanterie.
„Jede Sektion wird von einem Emir befehligt, der sich selbst finanziert, Fatwas ausspricht, eine eigene Verwaltung und eigene Sicherheitsleute hat.“
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.