Bekenner

[bəˈkɛnɐ]

/[bəˈkɛnɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bekenner” is uncommon German (frequency #94,012 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,012
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, dies sich zu einer Tat oder Haltung bekennt

Corpus desk

Index DE-bekenner · Bekenner · German

Bekenner · rank #94,012 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,012
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH begossen

Nearest frequency peer: begossen (-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 „Bekenner“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bekenner
PropertyValue
HeadwordBekenner
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈkɛnɐ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#94,012
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bekenner“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „begossen“ (#94,011), „beknackte“ (#94,014), „beerben“ (#94,009). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bekenner“ bei #94,012. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bekenner is uncommon German at frequency #94,012 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈkɛnɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Bekenner, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 Bekenner, spelled B-E-K-E-N-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, dies sich zu einer Tat oder Haltung bekennt
  2. 2
    Person, die sich insbesondere in Zeiten der Verfolgung zu ihrem Glauben bekennt und dafür Verfolgung, Vertreibung, Folter, Verstümmelung und Haft in Kauf nimmt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Bekenner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ich bin ein entschiedener Bekenner der menschlichen Freiheit.“
  2. „Der Drohung des anonymen Bekenners zu den Bombenanschlägen, im Namen einer "Dagestanischen Befreiungsarmee" künftig Tod mit Tod zu vergelten, hat Russland gegenwärtig nichts entgegenzustellen.“

This word in other languages

confessor(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 "Bekenner"?
"Bekenner" is spelled B-E-K-E-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈkɛnɐ].
What does "Bekenner" mean?
As a noun, "Bekenner" means: Person, dies sich zu einer Tat oder Haltung bekennt
How do you pronounce "Bekenner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bekenner" is [bəˈkɛnɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

begossen#94,011bewenden#94,037Aushänge#93,978Blumenau#94,049

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list