beköstigen
[bəˈkœstɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“beköstigen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Verpflegung geben, über eine gewisse Zeit mit Essen (Kost) versorgen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bekostigen · beköstigen · German
beköstigen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | beköstigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈkœstɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „beköstigen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
beköstigen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈkœstɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verpflegung geben, über eine gewisse Zeit mit Essen (Kost) versorgen".
beköstigen has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 beköstigen, spelled B-E-K-Ö-S-T-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Verpflegung geben, über eine gewisse Zeit mit Essen (Kost) versorgen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beköstigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch für Breslau ist das a priori nicht zu erwarten, da die höchstmögliche Zahl von 300 täglich beköstigten Kindern an den statistischen Ziffern einer Halbmillìonenstadt fast spurlos vorübergehen muß.“
„Das Kloster beköstigte die Leute.“
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.