bekanntgeworden

[bəˈkantɡəˌvɔʁdn̩]

/[bəˈkantɡəˌvɔʁdn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“bekanntgeworden” is uncommon German (frequency #87,466 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,466
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs bekanntwerden

Corpus desk

Index DE-bekanntgeworden · bekanntgeworden · German

bekanntgeworden · rank #87,466 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,466
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Behälters

Nearest frequency peer: Behälters (-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 „bekanntgeworden“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bekanntgeworden
PropertyValue
Headwordbekanntgeworden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈkantɡəˌvɔʁdn̩]
Letters15
Frequency rank#87,466
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bekanntgeworden“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.bekanntgewordenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Behälters“ (#87,465), „bekanntzugeben“ (#87,467), „beklage“ (#87,468). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bekanntgeworden“ bei #87,466. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bekanntgeworden is uncommon German at frequency #87,466 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈkantɡəˌvɔʁdn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs bekanntwerden".

Zero misspellings are on record for bekanntgeworden in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 bekanntgeworden, spelled B-E-K-A-N-N-T-G-E-W-O-R-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs bekanntwerden

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 "bekanntgeworden"?
"bekanntgeworden" is spelled B-E-K-A-N-N-T-G-E-W-O-R-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈkantɡəˌvɔʁdn̩].
What does "bekanntgeworden" mean?
As a verb, "bekanntgeworden" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs bekanntwerden
How do you pronounce "bekanntgeworden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bekanntgeworden" is [bəˈkantɡəˌvɔʁdn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bekanntgeworden" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bekanntgeworden", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list