beherrschenden

[bəˈhɛʁʃn̩dən]

/[bəˈhɛʁʃn̩dən]/ adj

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The verdict

“beherrschenden” is uncommon German (frequency #69,027 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,027
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrschend

Corpus desk

Index DE-beherrschenden · beherrschenden · German

beherrschenden · rank #69,027 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,027
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Behandlungsfe…

Nearest frequency peer: Behandlungsfehler (-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 „beherrschenden“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beherrschenden
PropertyValue
Headwordbeherrschenden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈhɛʁʃn̩dən]
Letters14
Frequency rank#69,027
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „beherrschenden“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Behandlungsfehler“ (#69,026), „behindertes“ (#69,028), „Beifahrerin“ (#69,029). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beherrschenden“ bei #69,027. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beherrschenden is uncommon German at frequency #69,027 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈhɛʁʃn̩dən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

beherrschenden doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is beherrschenden, spelled B-E-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-E-N-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrschend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrschend
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrschend
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrschend
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrschend
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrschend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrschend
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrschend
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrschend
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrschend
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrschend
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrschend

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 "beherrschenden"?
"beherrschenden" is spelled B-E-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-E-N-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈhɛʁʃn̩dən].
What does "beherrschenden" mean?
As an adjective, "beherrschenden" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrschend
How do you pronounce "beherrschenden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beherrschenden" is [bəˈhɛʁʃn̩dən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beherrschenden" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list