Bekassine
[ˌbekaˈsiːnə]
The verdict
“Bekassine” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas mehr als amselgroßer Wasservogel, zu den Schnepfen gehörend
Corpus desk
Index DE-bekassine · Bekassine · German
Bekassine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Bekassine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌbekaˈsiːnə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bekassine“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bekassine is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌbekaˈsiːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas mehr als amselgroßer Wasservogel, zu den Schnepfen gehörend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Bekassine in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Bekassine, spelled B-E-K-A-S-S-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1etwas mehr als amselgroßer Wasservogel, zu den Schnepfen gehörend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bekassine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Bekassine ruft bei Gefahr im Auffliegen mehrmals „ätsch“.
„Scharen von Wildenten, Knäkenten und Bekassinen strichen über die Sümpfe dahin.“
Synonyms
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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.