begucken
[bəˈɡʊkn̩]
The verdict
“begucken” 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) - (längere Zeit und gründlich) ansehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-begucken · begucken · German
begucken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | begucken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈɡʊkn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „begucken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
begucken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈɡʊkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(längere Zeit und gründlich) ansehen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for begucken in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is begucken, spelled B-E-G-U-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1(längere Zeit und gründlich) ansehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how begucken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eigentlich bin ich da nur hin, um ihm eins auszuwischen und um mir seine Frau mal genauer zu begucken.“
„»Nun laß dich mal begucken. . .« Sie musterte mich eingehend. »Schön siehst du nicht aus, wahrhaftiger Gott!«“
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.