Begrüßung
[bəˈɡʁyːsʊŋ]
The verdict
“Begrüßung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ritual (Wörter und/oder Gesten), um einer Person Respekt zu erweisen und sie willkommen zu heißen
Corpus desk
Index DE-begru-ung · Begrüßung · German
Begrüßung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Begrüßung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈɡʁyːsʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Begrüßung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Begrüßung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈɡʁyːsʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ritual (Wörter und/oder Gesten), um einer Person Respekt zu erweisen und sie willkommen zu heißen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Begrüßung, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Begrüßung, spelled B-E-G-R-Ü-S-S-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Ritual (Wörter und/oder Gesten), um einer Person Respekt zu erweisen und sie willkommen zu heißen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Begrüßung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zur Begrüßung wird in manchen Ländern die Hand zum Schütteln gereicht, in einigen anderen Länder hingegen ist die Begrüßung eine Verbeugung.
Zur Begrüßung küsste Eva ihn auf die Wangen.
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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.