begnügte

[bəˈɡnyːktə]

/[bəˈɡnyːktə]/ adj

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The verdict

“begnügte” is uncommon German (frequency #82,559 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,559
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begnügt

Corpus desk

Index DE-begnugte · begnügte · German

begnügte · rank #82,559 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,559
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH begehrter

Nearest frequency peer: begehrter (-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 „begnügte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for begnügte
PropertyValue
Headwordbegnügte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈɡnyːktə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#82,559
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „begnügte“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „begehrter“ (#82,558), „beichtet“ (#82,560), „befriedet“ (#82,557). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „begnügte“ bei #82,559. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

begnügte is uncommon German at frequency #82,559 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈɡnyːktə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

begnügte has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 begnügte, spelled B-E-G-N-Ü-G-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begnügt
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begnügt
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begnügt
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begnügt
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begnügt
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begnügt
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begnügt
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begnügt
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begnügt

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 "begnügte"?
"begnügte" is spelled B-E-G-N-Ü-G-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈɡnyːktə].
What does "begnügte" mean?
As an adjective, "begnügte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begnügt
How do you pronounce "begnügte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "begnügte" is [bəˈɡnyːktə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "begnügte" come from?
"begnügte" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

beichtet#82,560Berglauf#82,562befolgte#82,555Bergtour#82,564

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list