behold
[bɪˈhoʊld]
The verdict
“behold” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas betrachten, anschauen
Corpus desk
Index DE-behold · behold · German
behold · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | behold |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bɪˈhoʊld] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „behold“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
behold is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bɪˈhoʊld]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas betrachten, anschauen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for behold, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is behold, spelled B-E-H-O-L-D.
Definition
- 1etwas betrachten, anschauen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how behold appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"The usurper, who beheld , from the walls of Arles, the ruin of his last hopes, was tempted to place some confidence in so generous a conqueror."
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.