behagen
[bəˈhaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“behagen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein wohliges, still vergnügliches Gefühl bereiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-behagen · behagen · German
behagen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | behagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈhaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „behagen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
behagen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈhaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
behagen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is behagen, spelled B-E-H-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein wohliges, still vergnügliches Gefühl bereiten
- 2bei sich ein angenehmes, wohliges Gefühl verspüren, zufriedener Stimmung sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how behagen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deine neue Wohnung behagt mir sehr.
„Aber wie drückt man sich denn aus, um der Polizeibehörde in Briesen ein Bild zu verschaffen, das ihr behagt?“
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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.