begießen
[bəˈɡiːsn̩]
The verdict
“begießen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einer Flüssigkeit beträufeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-begie-en · begießen · German
begießen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | begießen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈɡiːsn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „begießen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
begießen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈɡiːsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for begießen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is begießen, spelled B-E-G-I-E-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit einer Flüssigkeit beträufeln
- 2mit alkoholischen Getränken feiern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how begießen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Während der 75 Minuten Bratzeit immer wieder mit Wasser begießen, Gemüse umrühren, bis alles eine schöne Farbe hat und Bratensaft entstanden ist.“
„Zu allem Überfluss steht zu befürchten, dass auch im Büro das ein oder andere Ereignis bevorsteht, das begossen werden will.“
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.