Beherbergung

[bəˈhɛʁbɛʁɡʊŋ]

/[bəˈhɛʁbɛʁɡʊŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Beherbergung” is uncommon German (frequency #85,002 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,002
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorgang, eine (vorübergehende) Wohnmöglichkeit zur Verfügung zu stellen beziehungsweise gestellt zu bekommen

Corpus desk

Index DE-beherbergung · Beherbergung · German

Beherbergung · rank #85,002 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,002
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Beglaubigung

Nearest frequency peer: Beglaubigung (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Beherbergung“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Beherbergung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Beherbergung
PropertyValue
HeadwordBeherbergung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈhɛʁbɛʁɡʊŋ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#85,002
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Beherbergung“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Beherbergungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Beglaubigung“ (#85,001), „beispielloser“ (#85,003), „befriedigte“ (#85,000). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Beherbergung“ bei #85,002. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Beherbergung is uncommon German at frequency #85,002 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈhɛʁbɛʁɡʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vorgang, eine (vorübergehende) Wohnmöglichkeit zur Verfügung zu stellen beziehungsweise gestellt zu bekommen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Beherbergung, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Beherbergung, spelled B-E-H-E-R-B-E-R-G-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vorgang, eine (vorübergehende) Wohnmöglichkeit zur Verfügung zu stellen beziehungsweise gestellt zu bekommen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Beherbergung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Da die Klarissen als Entschädigung für ihr Klostergebäude das Pilgramhaus erhielten (Annakloster), übernahm das Bürgerspital dessen Aufgaben, die vor allem in der Beherbergung von Pilgernden bestanden.“

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Beherbergung"?
"Beherbergung" is spelled B-E-H-E-R-B-E-R-G-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈhɛʁbɛʁɡʊŋ].
What does "Beherbergung" mean?
As a noun, "Beherbergung" means: Vorgang, eine (vorübergehende) Wohnmöglichkeit zur Verfügung zu stellen beziehungsweise gestellt zu bekommen
How do you pronounce "Beherbergung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Beherbergung" is [bəˈhɛʁbɛʁɡʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Beherbergung" come from?
"Beherbergung" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Beherbergung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list