Befriedung
[bəˈfʁiːdʊŋ]
The verdict
“Befriedung” is uncommon German (frequency #58,605 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,605
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maßnahme, durch die ein Konflikt unterdrückt oder behoben wird, und Ergebnis dieser Maßnahme
Corpus desk
Index DE-befriedung · Befriedung · German
Befriedung · rank #58,605 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,605
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH beflügeln
Nearest frequency peer: beflügeln (-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 „Befriedung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- beengten
beengten
41,399 corpus weight
- befahrene
befahrene
41,398 corpus weight
- beflügeln
beflügeln
41,397 corpus weight
- Befriedung
Befriedung
41,396 corpus weight
- begnügt
begnügt
41,395 corpus weight
- Belzig
Belzig
41,393 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Befriedung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Befriedung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈfʁiːdʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #58,605 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Befriedung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Befriedung is uncommon German at frequency #58,605 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈfʁiːdʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maßnahme, durch die ein Konflikt unterdrückt oder behoben wird, und Ergebnis dieser Maßnahme".
Befriedung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Befriedung, spelled B-E-F-R-I-E-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Maßnahme, durch die ein Konflikt unterdrückt oder behoben wird, und Ergebnis dieser Maßnahme
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Befriedung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Den Franzosen war nicht bewusst, dass die Befriedung der Ebenen von der Kontrolle über diese Bergregionen abhing.“
„Die Verordnungen selbst waren nichts als eine der vielen Varianten, mit denen die österreichische Staatsverwaltung eine Befriedung zwischen Deutschen und Tschechen zustande bringen wollte.“
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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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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