beigeben

[ˈbaɪ̯ˌɡeːbn̩]

/[ˈbaɪ̯ˌɡeːbn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“beigeben” is uncommon German (frequency #70,070 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,070
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu etwas dazutun, was schon da ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-beigeben · beigeben · German

beigeben · rank #70,070 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,070
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH beiderlei

Nearest frequency peer: beiderlei (-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 „beigeben“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beigeben
PropertyValue
Headwordbeigeben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbaɪ̯ˌɡeːbn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#70,070
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „beigeben“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).beigebenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „beiderlei“ (#70,069), „Beipackzettel“ (#70,071), „belesen“ (#70,072). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beigeben“ bei #70,070. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beigeben is uncommon German at frequency #70,070 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbaɪ̯ˌɡeːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for beigeben, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is beigeben, spelled B-E-I-G-E-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    zu etwas dazutun, was schon da ist
  2. 2
    einer Person jemanden zur Seite stellen
  3. 3
    sich geschlagen geben und in einer Sache nachgeben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Gib noch etwas mehr Nelkenpulver bei!
  2. Während des Besuchs wurden jedem Kardinal zwei Diener beigegeben.

Antonyms

wegnehmenüberordnenauftrumpfen

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 "beigeben"?
"beigeben" is spelled B-E-I-G-E-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaɪ̯ˌɡeːbn̩].
What does "beigeben" mean?
As a verb, "beigeben" means: zu etwas dazutun, was schon da ist
How do you pronounce "beigeben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beigeben" is [ˈbaɪ̯ˌɡeːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beigeben" come from?
"beigeben" 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 "beigeben", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bestäubt#70,079betagten#70,080Badeseen#70,054Backbord#70,052

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list