belecken
[bəˈlɛkn̩]
The verdict
“belecken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit der Zunge über etwas fahren
Corpus desk
Index DE-belecken · belecken · German
belecken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | belecken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈlɛkn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „belecken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
belecken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈlɛkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit der Zunge über etwas fahren".
belecken has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is belecken, spelled B-E-L-E-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit der Zunge über etwas fahren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how belecken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dann beleckte er, wie es seine Gewohnheit war, das Glas von innen und von außen und begann von der Vergänglichkeit aller Dinge zu sprechen.“
„Die Sexualwissenschaftlerin aus Bremen erforscht die Geschichte des Kusses seit langem – und ihre Erklärung mutet recht animalisch an: ‚Die Vorfahren der Menschen haben sich bei Begegnungen gegenseitig am Hinterteil beschnüffelt und beleckt.‘“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.