Bejahung

[bəˈjaːʊŋ]

/[bəˈjaːʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bejahung” is uncommon German (frequency #95,329 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,329
frequency rank, German
72,680
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Bejahen oder die Tatsache, dass man zu einem Sachverhalt „ja“ gesagt hat.

Key facts for Bejahung
PropertyValue
HeadwordBejahung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈjaːʊŋ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#95,329
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Bejahung” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Bejahung lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bejahung is uncommon German at frequency #95,329 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈjaːʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Bejahung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Bejahung, spelled B-E-J-A-H-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Bejahen oder die Tatsache, dass man zu einem Sachverhalt „ja“ gesagt hat.
  2. 2
    das Bestätigen oder Bejahen einer Frage oder eines Satzes

Synonyms

AffirmationZustimmung

Antonyms

Verneinung

This word in other languages

affirmation(English)

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 "Bejahung"?
"Bejahung" is spelled B-E-J-A-H-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈjaːʊŋ].
What does "Bejahung" mean?
As a noun, "Bejahung" means: das Bejahen oder die Tatsache, dass man zu einem Sachverhalt „ja“ gesagt hat.
How do you pronounce "Bejahung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bejahung" is [bəˈjaːʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bejahung" come from?
"Bejahung" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Bejahung”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-E-J-A-H-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [bəˈjaːʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list