beschriften

[bəˈʃʁɪftn̩]

/[bəˈʃʁɪftn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“beschriften” is uncommon German (frequency #74,370 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,370
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einer erklärenden Beschreibung, mit Text versehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-beschriften · beschriften · German

beschriften · rank #74,370 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,370
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH berücksichtig…

Nearest frequency peer: berücksichtigten (-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 „beschriften“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beschriften
PropertyValue
Headwordbeschriften
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʃʁɪftn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#74,370
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „beschriften“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „berücksichtigten“ (#74,369), „besessene“ (#74,371), „Bestnote“ (#74,372). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beschriften“ bei #74,370. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beschriften is uncommon German at frequency #74,370 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈʃʁɪftn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit einer erklärenden Beschreibung, mit Text versehen".

No misspelling variants are generated for beschriften in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is beschriften, spelled B-E-S-C-H-R-I-F-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit einer erklärenden Beschreibung, mit Text versehen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In unserer Kanzlei werden alle Akten nach einem ausgeklügelten System einheitlich beschriftet.
  2. Die Tischkärtchen habe ich bereits beschriftet, aber die Sitzordnung bereitet mir noch Kopfzerbrechen.

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 "beschriften"?
"beschriften" is spelled B-E-S-C-H-R-I-F-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃʁɪftn̩].
What does "beschriften" mean?
As a verb, "beschriften" means: mit einer erklärenden Beschreibung, mit Text versehen
How do you pronounce "beschriften"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beschriften" is [bəˈʃʁɪftn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beschriften" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list