berechnend

[bəˈʁɛçnənt]

/[bəˈʁɛçnənt]/ adj

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The verdict

“berechnend” is uncommon German (frequency #80,139 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,139
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nur an seinen eigenen Vorteil und Nutzen denkend

Corpus desk

Index DE-berechnend · berechnend · German

berechnend · rank #80,139 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,139
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bemannten

Nearest frequency peer: bemannten (-2 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 „berechnend“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for berechnend
PropertyValue
Headwordberechnend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈʁɛçnənt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#80,139
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „berechnend“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.berechnendfällt 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: „bemannten“ (#80,137), „belles“ (#80,136), „beiliegenden“ (#80,135). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „berechnend“ bei #80,139. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

berechnend is uncommon German at frequency #80,139 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈʁɛçnənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nur an seinen eigenen Vorteil und Nutzen denkend".

berechnend has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 berechnend, spelled B-E-R-E-C-H-N-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    nur an seinen eigenen Vorteil und Nutzen denkend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sie war eine schlaue und berechnende Person.
  2. Ich finde ihn aufgrund seines berechnenden Charakters unsympathisch.

Synonyms

egoistischeigennütziggewinnsüchtigselbstsüchtig

Antonyms

selbstlos

This word in other languages

scheming(English)

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 "berechnend"?
"berechnend" is spelled B-E-R-E-C-H-N-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʁɛçnənt].
What does "berechnend" mean?
As an adjective, "berechnend" means: nur an seinen eigenen Vorteil und Nutzen denkend
How do you pronounce "berechnend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "berechnend" is [bəˈʁɛçnənt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "berechnend" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

beschatten#80,144bescherten#80,145bestückten#80,152Backpapier#80,112

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list