bekleben
[bəˈkleːbn̩]
The verdict
“bekleben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas an/auf etwas mit Hilfe eines Leims (Kleber, Klebstoff) befestigen, oftmals so, dass nur noch wenig vom Untergrund zu sehen ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-bekleben · bekleben · German
bekleben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | bekleben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈkleːbn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bekleben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bekleben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈkleːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas an/auf etwas mit Hilfe eines Leims (Kleber, Klebstoff) befestigen, oftmals so, dass nur noch wenig vom Untergrund zu sehen ist".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bekleben, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is bekleben, spelled B-E-K-L-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas an/auf etwas mit Hilfe eines Leims (Kleber, Klebstoff) befestigen, oftmals so, dass nur noch wenig vom Untergrund zu sehen ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bekleben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie hatte ihr Notizbuch über und über mit Star-Wars-Aufklebern beklebt.
„Und so wird es gemacht: Den Boden des Kartons beklebst du mit dem Geschenkpapier.“
This word in other languages
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.