berauschen

[bəˈʁaʊ̯ʃn̩]

/[bəˈʁaʊ̯ʃn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“berauschen” is uncommon German (frequency #92,666 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,666
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen die Sinne verwirrenden Zustand (Rausch) schaffen/erlangen

Corpus desk

Index DE-berauschen · berauschen · German

berauschen · rank #92,666 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,666
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Berching

Nearest frequency peer: Berching (+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 „berauschen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for berauschen
PropertyValue
Headwordberauschen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʁaʊ̯ʃn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#92,666
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „berauschen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).berauschenfällt 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: „Berching“ (#92,667), „beorderte“ (#92,664), „bereitgehalten“ (#92,668). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „berauschen“ bei #92,666. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

berauschen is uncommon German at frequency #92,666 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈʁaʊ̯ʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for berauschen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 berauschen, spelled B-E-R-A-U-S-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen die Sinne verwirrenden Zustand (Rausch) schaffen/erlangen
  2. 2
    starke positive Gefühle schaffen, zum Beispiel das Empfinden von Sieg, Macht oder Glückseligkeit
  3. 3
    sich nicht satt sehen können und mehr von etwas haben wollen, weil es starke positive Gefühle schafft

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Andererseits benebelt und berauscht Wein und schwächt so den Willen, oder er bringt einen in Ekstase.“
  2. „Schon oft haben wir es in der Weltgeschichte gesehen, wie der Besitz der Macht berauscht.“

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "berauschen"?
"berauschen" is spelled B-E-R-A-U-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʁaʊ̯ʃn̩].
What does "berauschen" mean?
As a verb, "berauschen" means: einen die Sinne verwirrenden Zustand (Rausch) schaffen/erlangen
How do you pronounce "berauschen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "berauschen" is [bəˈʁaʊ̯ʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "berauschen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list