beglückwünschen

[bəˈɡlʏkˌvʏnʃn̩]

/[bəˈɡlʏkˌvʏnʃn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“beglückwünschen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,172 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,172
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem einen Glückwunsch (zu etwas) aussprechen

Corpus desk

Index DE-begluckwunschen · beglückwünschen · German

beglückwünschen · rank #55,172 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,172
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Begierden

Nearest frequency peer: Begierden (-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 „beglückwünschen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „beglückwünschen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beglückwünschen
PropertyValue
Headwordbeglückwünschen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈɡlʏkˌvʏnʃn̩]
Letters15
Frequency rank#55,172
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „beglückwünschen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).beglückwünschenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Begierden“ (#55,171), „Beispiels“ (#55,173), „Befindlichkeit“ (#55,170). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beglückwünschen“ bei #55,172. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beglückwünschen is uncommon German at frequency #55,172 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈɡlʏkˌvʏnʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemandem einen Glückwunsch (zu etwas) aussprechen".

Zero misspellings are on record for beglückwünschen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is beglückwünschen, spelled B-E-G-L-Ü-C-K-W-Ü-N-S-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemandem einen Glückwunsch (zu etwas) aussprechen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how beglückwünschen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Alle sind gekommen, um ihn zu beglückwünschen.
  2. „Wer sich für uns entschieden hat, den beglückwünschen wir gleich hier!“

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beglückwünschen"?
"beglückwünschen" is spelled B-E-G-L-Ü-C-K-W-Ü-N-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈɡlʏkˌvʏnʃn̩].
What does "beglückwünschen" mean?
As a verb, "beglückwünschen" means: jemandem einen Glückwunsch (zu etwas) aussprechen
How do you pronounce "beglückwünschen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beglückwünschen" is [bəˈɡlʏkˌvʏnʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "beglückwünschen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list