Beschlagnahmung

[bəˈʃlaːkˌnaːmʊŋ]

/[bəˈʃlaːkˌnaːmʊŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Beschlagnahmung” is uncommon German (frequency #59,494 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,494
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entzug von Besitztum aufgrund amtlicher Anweisung

Corpus desk

Index DE-beschlagnahmung · Beschlagnahmung · German

Beschlagnahmung · rank #59,494 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,494
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH beschimpfte

Nearest frequency peer: beschimpfte (-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 „Beschlagnahmung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Beschlagnahmung
PropertyValue
HeadwordBeschlagnahmung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈʃlaːkˌnaːmʊŋ]
Letters15
Frequency rank#59,494
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Beschlagnahmung“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Beschlagnahmungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „beschimpfte“ (#59,493), „Besorgungen“ (#59,495), „beschenkte“ (#59,492). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Beschlagnahmung“ bei #59,494. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Beschlagnahmung is uncommon German at frequency #59,494 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈʃlaːkˌnaːmʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entzug von Besitztum aufgrund amtlicher Anweisung".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Beschlagnahmung, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Beschlagnahmung, spelled B-E-S-C-H-L-A-G-N-A-H-M-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Entzug von Besitztum aufgrund amtlicher Anweisung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Nachdem die bevorstehende Beschlagnahmung von Getreideprodukten angekündigt worden war, sank blitzartig auch das Angebot der noch frei handelbaren Kartoffeln.“
  2. „Trotz aller polizeilichen Beschlagnahmungen wurden die verpönten Romane unentwegt weitergedruckt – in welchem Umfang, weiß natürlich niemand, denn darüber wurde keine Statistik geführt.“

Synonyms

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 "Beschlagnahmung"?
"Beschlagnahmung" is spelled B-E-S-C-H-L-A-G-N-A-H-M-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃlaːkˌnaːmʊŋ].
What does "Beschlagnahmung" mean?
As a noun, "Beschlagnahmung" means: Entzug von Besitztum aufgrund amtlicher Anweisung
How do you pronounce "Beschlagnahmung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Beschlagnahmung" is [bəˈʃlaːkˌnaːmʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Beschlagnahmung" come from?
"Beschlagnahmung" 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 "Beschlagnahmung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list