bekriegen
[bəˈkʁiːɡn̩]
The verdict
“bekriegen” is uncommon German (frequency #57,700 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,700
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gegen jemanden oder etwas kriegerisch vorgehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bekriegen · bekriegen · German
bekriegen · rank #57,700 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,700
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bekleideten
Nearest frequency peer: bekleideten (-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 „bekriegen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- beamen
beamen
42,303 corpus weight
- bekleideten
bekleideten
42,302 corpus weight
- bekriegen
bekriegen
42,301 corpus weight
- Belieferung
Belieferung
42,300 corpus weight
- Berufsberat…
Berufsberatung
42,299 corpus weight
- berufsbilde…
berufsbildenden
42,298 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bekriegen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bekriegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈkʁiːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,700 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bekriegen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bekriegen is uncommon German at frequency #57,700 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈkʁiːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bekriegen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is bekriegen, spelled B-E-K-R-I-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1gegen jemanden oder etwas kriegerisch vorgehen
- 2gegen jemanden oder etwas ankämpfen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bekriegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die beiden Herzogtümer bekriegten einander.
An dieser Furt standen sich die bekriegenden Völker gegenüber.
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 "bekriegen"?
What does "bekriegen" mean?
How do you pronounce "bekriegen"?
What language does "bekriegen" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bekriegen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).