Beklemmung
[bəˈklɛmʊŋ]
The verdict
“Beklemmung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gefühl möglicher Bedrohung/der Angst
Corpus desk
Index DE-beklemmung · Beklemmung · German
Beklemmung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Beklemmung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈklɛmʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Beklemmung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Beklemmung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈklɛmʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Beklemmung, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Beklemmung, spelled B-E-K-L-E-M-M-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Gefühl möglicher Bedrohung/der Angst
- 2Gefühl innerlicher Enge
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Beklemmung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Beklemmung angesichts der Gefahr war keinem anzumerken.“
„Nach der Abreise des jungen Paares wurde er still und begann über Beklemmungen und Melancholien zu klagen.“
This word in other languages
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