beriefen

[bəˈʁiːfn̩]

/[bəˈʁiːfn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“beriefen” is uncommon German (frequency #61,345 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,345
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs berufen

Corpus desk

Index DE-beriefen · beriefen · German

beriefen · rank #61,345 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,345
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bergbaus

Nearest frequency peer: Bergbaus (-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 „beriefen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beriefen
PropertyValue
Headwordberiefen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʁiːfn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,345
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „beriefen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).beriefenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bergbaus“ (#61,344), „Beratungsgespräch“ (#61,343), „bescheuerter“ (#61,347). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beriefen“ bei #61,345. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beriefen is uncommon German at frequency #61,345 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈʁiːfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for beriefen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is beriefen, spelled B-E-R-I-E-F-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs berufen
  2. 2
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs berufen
  3. 3
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs berufen
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs berufen

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 "beriefen"?
"beriefen" is spelled B-E-R-I-E-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʁiːfn̩].
What does "beriefen" mean?
As a verb, "beriefen" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs berufen
How do you pronounce "beriefen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beriefen" is [bəˈʁiːfn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beriefen" come from?
"beriefen" 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 "beriefen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bergbaus#61,344bestickt#61,350bewachte#61,356Bosnisch#61,367

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list