befürchtend
[bəˈfʏʁçtn̩t]
The verdict
“befürchtend” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens des Verbs befürchten
Corpus desk
Index DE-befurchtend · befürchtend · German
befürchtend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | befürchtend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈfʏʁçtn̩t] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „befürchtend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
befürchtend is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈfʏʁçtn̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens des Verbs befürchten".
befürchtend doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is befürchtend, spelled B-E-F-Ü-R-C-H-T-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Partizip Präsens des Verbs befürchten
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.