Bengelchen
[ˈbɛŋl̩çən]
The verdict
“Bengelchen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner Bengel
Corpus desk
Index DE-bengelchen · Bengelchen · German
Bengelchen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Bengelchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɛŋl̩çən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bengelchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bengelchen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɛŋl̩çən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner Bengel".
No misspelling variants are generated for Bengelchen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists 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 Bengelchen, spelled B-E-N-G-E-L-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1kleiner Bengel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bengelchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieses Bengelchen hat eine Strafe verdient!
„Die Leute im Dorf waren so verärgert, dass sie schon das Bengelchen samt seiner Familie aus dem Dorf vertreiben wollten.“
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.