Befremdung
[bəˈfʁɛmdʊŋ]
The verdict
“Befremdung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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 unwillige Erstauntsein über etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-befremdung · Befremdung · German
Befremdung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Befremdung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈfʁɛmdʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Befremdung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Befremdung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈfʁɛmdʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das unwillige Erstauntsein über etwas".
No misspelling variants are generated for Befremdung in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Befremdung, spelled B-E-F-R-E-M-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1das unwillige Erstauntsein über etwas
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Befremdung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Schon das Bekenntnis, sexuell mißbraucht gewesen zu sein, löst bei Eltern, Verwandten, auch beim Liebespartner Unbehagen, Befremdung, Ablehnung aus.“
„Dennoch konnte er sich einer leichten Befremdung nicht erwehren.“
Synonyms
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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.