beklauen

[bəˈklaʊ̯ən]

/[bəˈklaʊ̯ən]/ verb

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The verdict

“beklauen” is uncommon German (frequency #92,658 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,658
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem (heimlich) etwas wegnehmen

Corpus desk

Index DE-beklauen · beklauen · German

beklauen · rank #92,658 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,658
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bejagung

Nearest frequency peer: Bejagung (-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 „beklauen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beklauen
PropertyValue
Headwordbeklauen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈklaʊ̯ən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,658
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „beklauen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bejagung“ (#92,657), „beiläufige“ (#92,656), „Beile“ (#92,655). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beklauen“ bei #92,658. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beklauen is uncommon German at frequency #92,658 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈklaʊ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemandem (heimlich) etwas wegnehmen".

Zero misspellings are on record for beklauen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is beklauen, spelled B-E-K-L-A-U-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemandem (heimlich) etwas wegnehmen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Meine Begleiterinnen stellten ein paar harmlose Fragen, um unsere Opfer abzulenken, während ich sie beklaute.“
  2. Vielleicht gab es Streit um die Bezahlung, oder sie hat versucht, ihn zu beklauen.

Antonyms

geben

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 "beklauen"?
"beklauen" is spelled B-E-K-L-A-U-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈklaʊ̯ən].
What does "beklauen" mean?
As a verb, "beklauen" means: jemandem (heimlich) etwas wegnehmen
How do you pronounce "beklauen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beklauen" is [bəˈklaʊ̯ən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beklauen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Bejagung#92,657Berching#92,667Aufweise#92,609blubbert#92,711

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list