befugen
[bəˈfuːɡn̩]
The verdict
“befugen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem das Recht (Befugnis) einräumen, eine gewisse Amtshandlung durchzuführen
Corpus desk
Index DE-befugen · befugen · German
befugen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | befugen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈfuːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „befugen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
befugen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈfuːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemandem das Recht (Befugnis) einräumen, eine gewisse Amtshandlung durchzuführen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for befugen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is befugen, spelled B-E-F-U-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem das Recht (Befugnis) einräumen, eine gewisse Amtshandlung durchzuführen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how befugen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Nominierung des Kandidaten für den Premierminister § 78/11 befugt den Präsidenten der Republik, einen Kandidaten für das Amt des Regierungschefs zu nominieren.“
Der Standesbeamte ist befugt, eine Ehe zu schließen.
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.