Bengalen
[bɛŋˈɡaːlən]
The verdict
“Bengalen” is uncommon German (frequency #68,053 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,053
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Region im Nordosten des indischen Subkontinents
Corpus desk
Index DE-bengalen · Bengalen · German
Bengalen · rank #68,053 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,053
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bereute
Nearest frequency peer: bereute (+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 „Bengalen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Behring
Behring
31,952 corpus weight
- Beifahrerse…
Beifahrerseite
31,951 corpus weight
- Bengalen
Bengalen
31,948 corpus weight
- bereute
bereute
31,947 corpus weight
- Berufspolit…
Berufspolitiker
31,945 corpus weight
- besessenen
besessenen
31,944 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bengalen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bengalen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [bɛŋˈɡaːlən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,053 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bengalen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bengalen is uncommon German at frequency #68,053 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [bɛŋˈɡaːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Region im Nordosten des indischen Subkontinents".
Zero misspellings are on record for Bengalen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Bengalen, spelled B-E-N-G-A-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1Region im Nordosten des indischen Subkontinents
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bengalen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit einer Teilung [1905] der Provinz [Bengalen] wollte man außerdem den Einflussbereich der aktiven neuindischen Elite Calcuttas einschränken und obendrein das bisher getrennt verwaltete Assam stärker einbinden. So wurde aus einer Provinz Bengalen […] ein Westbengalen um Calcutta […] und ein Ostbengalen mit Assam […].“
„Daneben gab es auch ein Sultanat von Bengalen, das vom Rückgang der Macht des Delhi-Sultanats profitierte.“
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); 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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