beklage

[bəˈklaːɡə]

/[bəˈklaːɡə]/ verb

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The verdict

“beklage” is uncommon German (frequency #87,468 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,468
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beklagen

Corpus desk

Index DE-beklage · beklage · German

beklage · rank #87,468 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,468
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bekanntzugeben

Nearest frequency peer: bekanntzugeben (-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 „beklage“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beklage
PropertyValue
Headwordbeklage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈklaːɡə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#87,468
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „beklage“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).beklagefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bekanntzugeben“ (#87,467), „bemängelten“ (#87,469), „bekanntgeworden“ (#87,466). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beklage“ bei #87,468. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beklage is uncommon German at frequency #87,468 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈklaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for beklage, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is beklage, spelled B-E-K-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beklagen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beklagen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beklagen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beklagen

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 "beklage"?
"beklage" is spelled B-E-K-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈklaːɡə].
What does "beklage" mean?
As a verb, "beklage" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beklagen
How do you pronounce "beklage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beklage" is [bəˈklaːɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beklage" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Baunach#87,458Bankern#87,454Bottich#87,514bronzen#87,523

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list