beran
[ˈbɛran]
The verdict
“beran” is uncommon German (frequency #99,556 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,556
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männliches Schaf; Widder, Schafbock
Corpus desk
Index DE-beran · beran · German
beran · rank #99,556 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,556
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Beobachtungsp…
Nearest frequency peer: Beobachtungsposten (-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 „beran“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- bemessenen
bemessenen
448 corpus weight
- benimmst
benimmst
447 corpus weight
- Beobachtung…
Beobachtungsposten
446 corpus weight
- beran
beran
445 corpus weight
- Bergregion
Bergregion
444 corpus weight
- Bering
Bering
443 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „beran“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beran |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɛran] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #99,556 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „beran“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
beran is uncommon German at frequency #99,556 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɛran]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for beran in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is beran, spelled B-E-R-A-N.
Definition
- 1männliches Schaf; Widder, Schafbock
- 2starrköpfiger Mensch; Dickkopf
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beran appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ovce utíkají za splašeným beranem.
„Před kvalifikací v Turecku o mistrovství Evropy 1968 odmítl nastoupit. »Trenérko, já do toho nenastoupím. Bojím se,« řekl už pod schůdky do letadla. »Jožo, ty jsi fakt beran. Vidíš, že jdeme všichni. Nedělej hlouposti. Víš vůbec, o co v Turecku jde?« zlobil se kouč Jozef Marko.“
Synonyms
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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