bemühst

[bəˈmyːst]

/[bəˈmyːst]/ verb

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The verdict

“bemühst” is uncommon German (frequency #86,257 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,257
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bemühen

Corpus desk

Index DE-bemuhst · bemühst · German

bemühst · rank #86,257 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,257
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Belgiern

Nearest frequency peer: Belgiern (-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 „bemühst“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bemühst“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bemühst
PropertyValue
Headwordbemühst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈmyːst]
Letters7
Frequency rank#86,257
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bemühst“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).bemühstfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Belgiern“ (#86,256), „Bengalos“ (#86,258), „beimessen“ (#86,255). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bemühst“ bei #86,257. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bemühst is uncommon German at frequency #86,257 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈmyːst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bemühen".

No misspelling variants are generated for bemühst in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is bemühst, spelled B-E-M-Ü-H-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bemühen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bemühst"?
"bemühst" is spelled B-E-M-Ü-H-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈmyːst].
What does "bemühst" mean?
As a verb, "bemühst" means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bemühen
How do you pronounce "bemühst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bemühst" is [bəˈmyːst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bemühst" come from?
"bemühst" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bemühst", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bergers#86,263beatmet#86,247Baumert#86,244basisch#86,239

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list