beflissen
[bəˈflɪsn̩]
The verdict
“beflissen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - bemüht, übereifrig
Corpus desk
Index DE-beflissen · beflissen · German
beflissen · 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 | beflissen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈflɪsn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „beflissen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
beflissen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈflɪsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bemüht, übereifrig".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for beflissen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is beflissen, spelled B-E-F-L-I-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1bemüht, übereifrig
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how beflissen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er zeigt sich immer beflissen, um vom Arbeitgeber vielleicht dauerhaft eingestellt zu werden.
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.