bemächtigen
[bəˈmɛçtɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“bemächtigen” is uncommon German (frequency #81,328 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,328
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Vorsatz, Gewalt (Macht), auch gegen Widerstand, an sich nehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bemachtigen · bemächtigen · German
bemächtigen · rank #81,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,328
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH belegter
Nearest frequency peer: belegter (-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 „bemächtigen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- bekanntere
bekanntere
18,676 corpus weight
- belasse
belasse
18,675 corpus weight
- belegter
belegter
18,674 corpus weight
- bemächtigen
bemächtigen
18,673 corpus weight
- benebelt
benebelt
18,672 corpus weight
- benko
benko
18,670 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bemächtigen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bemächtigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈmɛçtɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #81,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bemächtigen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bemächtigen is uncommon German at frequency #81,328 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈmɛçtɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bemächtigen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is bemächtigen, spelled B-E-M-Ä-C-H-T-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit Vorsatz, Gewalt (Macht), auch gegen Widerstand, an sich nehmen
- 2von einer Person Besitz ergreifen, spürbar sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bemächtigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Sommer 944 bemächtigt sich Ludivig IV. der Normandie.“
„Ich bemächtigte mich der Situationen und versetzte mich, um so zu sagen, selbst hinein. Die Personen wurden die meinigen, ich ließ sie handeln und sprechen und veränderte nach Belieben die Reihenfolge ihrer Abenteuer.“
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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