bemündeln
[bəˈmʏndl̩n]
The verdict
“bemündeln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - für jemanden die Vormundschaft übernehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bemundeln · bemündeln · German
bemündeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | bemündeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈmʏndl̩n] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bemündeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bemündeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈmʏndl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bemündeln, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 bemündeln, spelled B-E-M-Ü-N-D-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1für jemanden die Vormundschaft übernehmen
- 2einen bevormunden, als Mündel und unmündig behandeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bemündeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bevormunden, das ebenfalls in der Paulskirche für nicht-juristische und nicht-private Kontexte verwendet wird (Grünert 1974, 128); auch Sanders bringt für Vormundschaft, bzw. bemündeln einen politischen Beleg: ‚Wir Deutschen sind 300 Jahr in Vormundschaft geblieben, bemündelt von der ganzen Welt. Scherenberg gd. 100.‘“
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.