Beletage
[bɛleˈtaːʒə]
The verdict
“Beletage” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - erster Stock; besonders ausgestattete, bevorzugte Etage der Hauseigentümer, vor allem in großstädtischen Mietshäusern des 19. Jahrhunderts
Corpus desk
Index DE-beletage · Beletage · German
Beletage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Beletage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bɛleˈtaːʒə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Beletage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Beletage is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bɛleˈtaːʒə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Beletage has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Beletage, spelled B-E-L-E-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1erster Stock; besonders ausgestattete, bevorzugte Etage der Hauseigentümer, vor allem in großstädtischen Mietshäusern des 19. Jahrhunderts
- 2oberste Klasse, Spielklasse, Liga; in den höheren Rängen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Beletage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Zimmerdecken der Beletage sind reich mit Stuck verziert.
„Er steigt auch nicht wie die Herrschaften fünf Stufen hinauf in die Beletage mit den Spiegelscheiben, sondern fünf Stufen abwärts in das Souterrain mit Traljen vor den Fenstern, er geht den Küchenweg…“
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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.