beklemmend

[bəˈklɛmənt]

/[bəˈklɛmənt]/ adj

The verdict

“beklemmend” is uncommon German (frequency #77,739 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,739
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ängstlich machend, Angst verbreitend

Corpus desk

Index DE-beklemmend · beklemmend · German

beklemmend · rank #77,739 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,739
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH beinhalteten

Nearest frequency peer: beinhalteten (-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 „beklemmend“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beklemmend
PropertyValue
Headwordbeklemmend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈklɛmənt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#77,739
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „beklemmend“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „beinhalteten“ (#77,738), „Belastungsgrenze“ (#77,740), „Beines“ (#77,737). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beklemmend“ bei #77,739. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beklemmend is uncommon German at frequency #77,739 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈklɛmənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ängstlich machend, Angst verbreitend".

Zero misspellings are on record for beklemmend in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is beklemmend, spelled B-E-K-L-E-M-M-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    ängstlich machend, Angst verbreitend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Direkt nach dem Umzug in die Vorstadt war das noch anders, da fühlte es sich selbst bei geöffnetem Fenster und rauschender Autobahn an, als krieche absolute, beklemmende Stille bis in die letzte Ritze des Raumes.“
  2. „Neben dem rechtsextremistischen Gewaltpotenzial gehörten die Abgründe an Häme und Hass inmitten unserer Gesellschaft gegenüber denen, die in unserem Land Verantwortung übernähmen, zu den beklemmenden Erfahrungen der jüngsten Tage, sagte Schäuble.“

Synonyms

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); 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 "beklemmend"?
"beklemmend" is spelled B-E-K-L-E-M-M-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈklɛmənt].
What does "beklemmend" mean?
As an adjective, "beklemmend" means: ängstlich machend, Angst verbreitend
How do you pronounce "beklemmend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beklemmend" is [bəˈklɛmənt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beklemmend" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list