beitreiben
[ˈbaɪ̯ˌtʁaɪ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“beitreiben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich (als Stelle mit einer Machtbefugnis) in den Besitz von etwas bringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-beitreiben · beitreiben · German
beitreiben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | beitreiben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbaɪ̯ˌtʁaɪ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „beitreiben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
beitreiben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbaɪ̯ˌtʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich (als Stelle mit einer Machtbefugnis) in den Besitz von etwas bringen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for beitreiben, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is beitreiben, spelled B-E-I-T-R-E-I-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich (als Stelle mit einer Machtbefugnis) in den Besitz von etwas bringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beitreiben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Besonders Steuerschulden wurden erbarmungslos beigetrieben.
Der Staat hatte natürlich das Recht, die ausstehende Summe im Wege der Zwangsvollstreckung beizutreiben.
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.