begreifbar
[bəˈɡʁaɪ̯fbaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“begreifbar” is uncommon German (frequency #90,010 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,010
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so gestaltet, dass etwas gut mit dem Verstand erfasst werden kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-begreifbar · begreifbar · German
begreifbar · rank #90,010 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,010
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH begüterten
Nearest frequency peer: begüterten (+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 „begreifbar“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Befristungen
Befristungen
9,995 corpus weight
- begleit
begleit
9,994 corpus weight
- begreifbar
begreifbar
9,991 corpus weight
- begüterten
begüterten
9,990 corpus weight
- beigelegten
beigelegten
9,988 corpus weight
- beispielhaf…
beispielhaften
9,987 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „begreifbar“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | begreifbar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈɡʁaɪ̯fbaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #90,010 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „begreifbar“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
begreifbar is uncommon German at frequency #90,010 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈɡʁaɪ̯fbaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so gestaltet, dass etwas gut mit dem Verstand erfasst werden kann".
No misspelling variants are generated for begreifbar in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is begreifbar, spelled B-E-G-R-E-I-F-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1so gestaltet, dass etwas gut mit dem Verstand erfasst werden kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how begreifbar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das ganze Drama wird begreifbarer, wenn man die Hintergrundgeschichte kennt.
Wir versuchen immer wieder, uns auch von dem Unbegreiflichen ein begreifbares Bild zu schaffen.
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.
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