bemuttern
[bəˈmʊtɐn]
The verdict
“bemuttern” 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) - sich wie eine Mutter um jemanden kümmern; für jemanden sorgen, meist mehr als nötig
Corpus desk
Index DE-bemuttern · bemuttern · German
bemuttern · 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 | bemuttern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈmʊtɐn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bemuttern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bemuttern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈmʊtɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich wie eine Mutter um jemanden kümmern; für jemanden sorgen, meist mehr als nötig".
bemuttern doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is bemuttern, spelled B-E-M-U-T-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1sich wie eine Mutter um jemanden kümmern; für jemanden sorgen, meist mehr als nötig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bemuttern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Klaus lebt mit 40 immer noch zuhause und wird tagtäglich bemuttert.
Bemuttre mich nicht immer so!
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.