Beschwörung

[bəˈʃvøːʁʊŋ]

/[bəˈʃvøːʁʊŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Beschwörung” is uncommon German (frequency #52,689 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,689
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - intensive, nachdrückliche Forderung

Corpus desk

Index DE-beschworung · Beschwörung · German

Beschwörung · rank #52,689 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,689
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bescheinigte

Nearest frequency peer: bescheinigte (-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 „Beschwörung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Beschwörung
PropertyValue
HeadwordBeschwörung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈʃvøːʁʊŋ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#52,689
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Beschwörung“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bescheinigte“ (#52,688), „beschönigen“ (#52,690), „berühre“ (#52,687). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Beschwörung“ bei #52,689. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Beschwörung is uncommon German at frequency #52,689 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈʃvøːʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Beschwörung, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Beschwörung, spelled B-E-S-C-H-W-Ö-R-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    intensive, nachdrückliche Forderung
  2. 2
    Beeinflussung durch magische Kräfte

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Entgegen vielen öffentlichen Beschwörungen hatte die gemeinsame Herausforderung eines unabsehbar langen Krieges kaum für Solidarität in der deutschen Bevölkerung gesorgt.“
  2. „Der Schwerpunkt liegt beim Stammeskrieger auf der Beschwörung von Monstern und Tieren und dem konstanten Zufügen von Schaden aus der zweiten Reihe.“

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 "Beschwörung"?
"Beschwörung" is spelled B-E-S-C-H-W-Ö-R-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃvøːʁʊŋ].
What does "Beschwörung" mean?
As a noun, "Beschwörung" means: intensive, nachdrückliche Forderung
How do you pronounce "Beschwörung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Beschwörung" is [bəˈʃvøːʁʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Beschwörung" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Beschwörung", 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