bekritteln
[bəˈkʁɪtl̩n]
The verdict
“bekritteln” 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) - etwas oder jemanden grundlos, kleinlich, kleinkrämerisch kritisieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-bekritteln · bekritteln · German
bekritteln · 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 | bekritteln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈkʁɪtl̩n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bekritteln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bekritteln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈkʁɪtl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas oder jemanden grundlos, kleinlich, kleinkrämerisch kritisieren".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bekritteln, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is bekritteln, spelled B-E-K-R-I-T-T-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1etwas oder jemanden grundlos, kleinlich, kleinkrämerisch kritisieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bekritteln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mußt du immer alles bekritteln?
„Beinahe mein ganzes Leben habe ich so zugebracht, daß ich meinen Nächsten tadelte, bekrittelte, verdammte und beargwöhnte; ich sehe einen Splitter in seinem Auge, aber ich merke nicht den Balken in dem meinigen.“ (1857)
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.