Behuf
[bəˈhuːf]
The verdict
“Behuf” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - veraltend; in Verbindung mit zu: beabsichtigtes Ergebnis
Corpus desk
Index DE-behuf · Behuf · German
Behuf · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | Behuf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈhuːf] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Behuf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Behuf is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈhuːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "veraltend; in Verbindung mit zu: beabsichtigtes Ergebnis".
Behuf has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Behuf, spelled B-E-H-U-F.
Definition
- 1veraltend; in Verbindung mit zu: beabsichtigtes Ergebnis
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Behuf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
dessen Gültigkeitsvermerk von der Bezugsbehörde stammt / zum Behuf der Vorlage beim zuständ'gen Erteilungsamt
„Zu diesem Behufe nimmt er die Schädel zur Hand.“
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.