Benommenheit

[bəˈnɔmənhaɪ̯t]

/[bəˈnɔmənhaɪ̯t]/ noun

The verdict

“Benommenheit” is uncommon German (frequency #95,332 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,332
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zustand, Verfassung, physisch und psychisch eingeschränkt, gedämpft zu sein

Corpus desk

Index DE-benommenheit · Benommenheit · German

Benommenheit · rank #95,332 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,332
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH benetzt

Nearest frequency peer: benetzt (-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 „Benommenheit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Benommenheit
PropertyValue
HeadwordBenommenheit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈnɔmənhaɪ̯t]
Letters12
Frequency rank#95,332
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Benommenheit“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Benommenheitfällt 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: „benetzt“ (#95,331), „bepackt“ (#95,333), „Bejahung“ (#95,329). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Benommenheit“ bei #95,332. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Benommenheit is uncommon German at frequency #95,332 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈnɔmənhaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zustand, Verfassung, physisch und psychisch eingeschränkt, gedämpft zu sein".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Benommenheit, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Benommenheit, spelled B-E-N-O-M-M-E-N-H-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zustand, Verfassung, physisch und psychisch eingeschränkt, gedämpft zu sein

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Benommenheit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Er saß da, in taumeliger Benommenheit versunken, und entschied, ein weiteres Glas Wein lieber abzulehnen.“
  2. „Auch Robert spürte eine leichte Benommenheit.“

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 "Benommenheit"?
"Benommenheit" is spelled B-E-N-O-M-M-E-N-H-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈnɔmənhaɪ̯t].
What does "Benommenheit" mean?
As a noun, "Benommenheit" means: Zustand, Verfassung, physisch und psychisch eingeschränkt, gedämpft zu sein
How do you pronounce "Benommenheit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Benommenheit" is [bəˈnɔmənhaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Benommenheit" come from?
"Benommenheit" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list