bekriegen

[bəˈkʁiːɡn̩]

/[bəˈkʁiːɡn̩]/ verb

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bekriegen
PropertyValue
Headwordbekriegen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈkʁiːɡn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,700
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bekriegen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bekleideten“ (#57,699), „Belieferung“ (#57,701), „beamen“ (#57,698). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bekriegen“ bei #57,700. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    gegen jemanden oder etwas kriegerisch vorgehen
  2. 2
    gegen jemanden oder etwas ankämpfen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die beiden Herzogtümer bekriegten einander.
  2. 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"?
"bekriegen" is spelled B-E-K-R-I-E-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈkʁiːɡn̩].
What does "bekriegen" mean?
As a verb, "bekriegen" means: gegen jemanden oder etwas kriegerisch vorgehen
How do you pronounce "bekriegen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bekriegen" is [bəˈkʁiːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list