Beschießung
[bəˈʃiːsʊŋ]
The verdict
“Beschießung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - anhaltender Angriff mit Schusswaffen
Corpus desk
Index DE-beschie-ung · Beschießung · German
Beschießung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Beschießung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈʃiːsʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Beschießung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Beschießung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈʃiːsʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "anhaltender Angriff mit Schusswaffen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Beschießung in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists 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 Beschießung, spelled B-E-S-C-H-I-E-S-S-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1anhaltender Angriff mit Schusswaffen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Beschießung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In drei Stunden sollte die Beschießung beginnen, und die Soldaten würden dann ein warmes Frühstück hinunterschlingen, das ihnen widerstand.“
„Es wurden große unterirdische Tunnelanlagen begonnen, damit uns eine Beschießung nichts mehr anhaben könnte.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.