befristen
[bəˈfʁɪstn̩]
The verdict
“befristen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - etwas zeitlich begrenzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-befristen · befristen · German
befristen · 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 | befristen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈfʁɪstn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „befristen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
befristen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈfʁɪstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas zeitlich begrenzen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for befristen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 befristen, spelled B-E-F-R-I-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas zeitlich begrenzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how befristen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich befriste meinen Aufenthalt auf zwei Monate.
Antonyms
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.