bend

[bend]

/[bend]/ verb

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The verdict

“bend” is uncommon German (frequency #66,036 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,036
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Bogen spannen, Netz aufspannen, Segel anschlagen

Corpus desk

Index DE-bend · bend · German

bend · rank #66,036 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,036
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Beläge

Nearest frequency peer: Beläge (-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 „bend“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bend
PropertyValue
Headwordbend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bend]
Letters4
Frequency rank#66,036
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bend“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.bendfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Beläge“ (#66,035), „benotet“ (#66,037), „Belichtungszeit“ (#66,034). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bend“ bei #66,036. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bend is uncommon German at frequency #66,036 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bend]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bend, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 bend, spelled B-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen Bogen spannen, Netz aufspannen, Segel anschlagen
  2. 2
    sich anstrengen, aufbieten
  3. 3
    beugen, biegen, krümmen, runzeln, neigen
  4. 4
    die Faust ballen
  5. 5
    unterwerfen
  6. 6
    streben, eine Rede richten an
  7. 7
    Weinreben umbiegen

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 "bend"?
"bend" is spelled B-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [bend].
What does "bend" mean?
As a verb, "bend" means: einen Bogen spannen, Netz aufspannen, Segel anschlagen
How do you pronounce "bend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bend" is [bend]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bend" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Baht#66,018Azad#66,014Dahn#66,110Ales#65,959

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list