beikommen
[ˈbaɪ̯ˌkɔmən]
The verdict
“beikommen” is uncommon German (frequency #95,325 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,325
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem etwas nachweisen können, jemanden zur Verantwortung ziehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-beikommen · beikommen · German
beikommen · rank #95,325 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,325
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH beigewohnt
Nearest frequency peer: beigewohnt (-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 „beikommen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- begleicht
begleicht
4,679 corpus weight
- begründbar
begründbar
4,678 corpus weight
- beigewohnt
beigewohnt
4,677 corpus weight
- beikommen
beikommen
4,676 corpus weight
- beinhalte
beinhalte
4,675 corpus weight
- Beisitzerin
Beisitzerin
4,674 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „beikommen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beikommen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbaɪ̯ˌkɔmən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #95,325 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „beikommen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
beikommen is uncommon German at frequency #95,325 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbaɪ̯ˌkɔmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
beikommen has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is beikommen, spelled B-E-I-K-O-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem etwas nachweisen können, jemanden zur Verantwortung ziehen
- 2zum Besseren verändern; eine Lösung finden; einer Sache Herr werden
- 3in den Sinn kommen, auf die Idee kommen
- 4mit seinen Möglichkeiten erreichen, hinfassen können
- 5herbeikommen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beikommen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diesem windigen Geschäftsmann ist mit legalen Mitteln kaum beizukommen.
„Wenn Sie mit einem Therapeuten arbeiten, können Sie dem Problem genauer auf den Grund gehen und erkunden, wie man ihm beikommen kann – und wie Sie ihm beikommen wollen.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).