behelligen
[bəˈhɛlɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“behelligen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden stören oder belästigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-behelligen · behelligen · German
behelligen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | behelligen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈhɛlɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „behelligen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
behelligen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈhɛlɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden stören oder belästigen".
Zero misspellings are on record for behelligen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is behelligen, spelled B-E-H-E-L-L-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden stören oder belästigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how behelligen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieser Fan soll ihn nicht länger mit seinen Autogrammwünschen behelligen.
Kaum ging ich außer Haus, bin ich behelligt worden.
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.