behände
[bəˈhɛndə]
The verdict
“behände” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - wendig und flink
Corpus desk
Index DE-behande · behände · German
behände · 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 | behände |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈhɛndə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „behände“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
behände is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈhɛndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wendig und flink".
behände doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is behände, spelled B-E-H-Ä-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1wendig und flink
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how behände appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie bewegt sich behände auf dem Schwebebalken.
This word in other languages
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.