beschreib

[bəˈʃʁaɪ̯p]

/[bəˈʃʁaɪ̯p]/ verb

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“beschreib” is uncommon German (frequency #70,077 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,077
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beschreiben

Corpus desk

Index DE-beschreib · beschreib · German

beschreib · rank #70,077 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,077
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH beständiger

Nearest frequency peer: beständiger (+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 „beschreib“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beschreib
PropertyValue
Headwordbeschreib
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʃʁaɪ̯p]
Letters9
Frequency rank#70,077
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „beschreib“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).beschreibfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „beständiger“ (#70,078), „Berns“ (#70,075), „bestäubt“ (#70,079). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beschreib“ bei #70,077. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beschreib is uncommon German at frequency #70,077 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈʃʁaɪ̯p]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beschreiben".

Zero misspellings are on record for beschreib in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is beschreib, spelled B-E-S-C-H-R-E-I-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beschreiben

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 "beschreib"?
"beschreib" is spelled B-E-S-C-H-R-E-I-B. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃʁaɪ̯p].
What does "beschreib" mean?
As a verb, "beschreib" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beschreiben
How do you pronounce "beschreib"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beschreib" is [bəˈʃʁaɪ̯p]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beschreib" come from?
"beschreib" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Benjamins#70,073betitelte#70,081betreibst#70,082beiderlei#70,069

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list