beschatten

[bəˈʃatn̩]

/[bəˈʃatn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“beschatten” is uncommon German (frequency #80,144 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,144
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem/etwas einen Schatten verleihen

Corpus desk

Index DE-beschatten · beschatten · German

beschatten · rank #80,144 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,144
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bescherten

Nearest frequency peer: bescherten (+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 „beschatten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beschatten
PropertyValue
Headwordbeschatten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʃatn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#80,144
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „beschatten“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).beschattenfällt 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: „bescherten“ (#80,145), „besorgniserregende“ (#80,147), „Besorgung“ (#80,148). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beschatten“ bei #80,144. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beschatten is uncommon German at frequency #80,144 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈʃatn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for beschatten in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is beschatten, spelled B-E-S-C-H-A-T-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemandem/etwas einen Schatten verleihen
  2. 2
    jemanden heimlich überwachen; jemanden im Geheimen beobachten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Baum beschattet die Wiese, so dass sich die Pflanzen, die keine direkte Sonne vertragen, dort ausbreiten konnten.
  2. „Durch das Gittertor blickte man auf ein hübsches Blumenbeet und eine ausgedehnte Rasenfläche, die von einer großen, immergrünen Eiche beschattet wurde.“

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 "beschatten"?
"beschatten" is spelled B-E-S-C-H-A-T-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃatn̩].
What does "beschatten" mean?
As a verb, "beschatten" means: jemandem/etwas einen Schatten verleihen
How do you pronounce "beschatten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beschatten" is [bəˈʃatn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beschatten" come from?
"beschatten" 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 "beschatten", 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