bekomplimentieren
[bəkɔmplimɛnˈtiːʁən]
The verdict
“bekomplimentieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem auf eine formale Art und Weise etwas Positives, Lobendes (Kompliment) sagen und ihn dadurch ehren
Corpus desk
Index DE-bekomplimentieren · bekomplimentieren · German
bekomplimentieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | bekomplimentieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəkɔmplimɛnˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bekomplimentieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bekomplimentieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəkɔmplimɛnˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemandem auf eine formale Art und Weise etwas Positives, Lobendes (Kompliment) sagen und ihn dadurch ehren".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bekomplimentieren, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is bekomplimentieren, spelled B-E-K-O-M-P-L-I-M-E-N-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem auf eine formale Art und Weise etwas Positives, Lobendes (Kompliment) sagen und ihn dadurch ehren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bekomplimentieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Da der Erzherzog ihn hatte bekomplimentieren lassen, so ging Duroc Großmarschall des Palastes, in Carlos Hauptquartier nach Budweis ab, um diesen erlauchten Prinzen im Namen seines Gebieters ebenfalls zu bekomplimentieren.“ (1842)
„Die Kaiserin von Rußland wünschte, ihn besonders zu bekomplimentieren.“
Antonyms
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.