Befeuchtung
[bəˈfɔɪ̯çtʊŋ]
The verdict
“Befeuchtung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Erhöhung der relativen Feuchtigkeit von Luft
Corpus desk
Index DE-befeuchtung · Befeuchtung · German
Befeuchtung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Befeuchtung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈfɔɪ̯çtʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Befeuchtung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Befeuchtung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈfɔɪ̯çtʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Erhöhung der relativen Feuchtigkeit von Luft".
No misspelling variants are generated for Befeuchtung in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 Befeuchtung, spelled B-E-F-E-U-C-H-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Erhöhung der relativen Feuchtigkeit von Luft
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Befeuchtung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Da der Wassergehalt der atmosphärischen Luft stark wechselt, so ist häufig in den genannten Fällen eine besondere Befeuchtung notwendig, insbesondere dann, wenn die Luft in den Arbeits- oder Aufenthaltsräumen stark erwärmt oder behufs Lüftung im Winter erhitzte Außenluft in die Räume eingeführt wird, denn infolge Erwärmung sinkt der relative Feuchtigkeit…
Antonyms
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.