belächeln
[bəˈlɛçl̩n]
The verdict
“belächeln” is uncommon German (frequency #92,661 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,661
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden oder etwas in herablassender Weise nicht ernst nehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-belacheln · belächeln · German
belächeln · rank #92,661 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,661
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bengalische
Nearest frequency peer: Bengalische (+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 „belächeln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Bejagung
Bejagung
7,344 corpus weight
- beklauen
beklauen
7,343 corpus weight
- belächeln
belächeln
7,340 corpus weight
- Bengalische
Bengalische
7,339 corpus weight
- Beo
Beo
7,338 corpus weight
- beorderte
beorderte
7,337 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „belächeln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | belächeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈlɛçl̩n] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #92,661 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „belächeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
belächeln is uncommon German at frequency #92,661 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈlɛçl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden oder etwas in herablassender Weise nicht ernst nehmen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for belächeln in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is belächeln, spelled B-E-L-Ä-C-H-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden oder etwas in herablassender Weise nicht ernst nehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how belächeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lange Zeit wurde die Umweltschutzbewegung belächelt, heute ist sie in der Mitte der Gesellschaft angekommen.
„Obwohl Galls Schädellehre ab der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts in der Medizingeschichtsschreibung gegenüber dem Siegeszug der naturwissenschaftlichen Medizin als unhaltbares Konstrukt kritisiert und ihr Urheber als Spintisierer belächelt wurde, war sie aus heutiger Sicht wegweisend.“
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Antonyms
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.
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