besinnlich

[bəˈzɪnlɪç]

/[bəˈzɪnlɪç]/ adj

The verdict

“besinnlich” is uncommon German (frequency #94,025 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,025
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in einer Atmosphäre von Besinnung; beschaulich, harmonisch, gemütlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-besinnlich · besinnlich · German

besinnlich · rank #94,025 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,025
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH beschränktes

Nearest frequency peer: beschränktes (-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 „besinnlich“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for besinnlich
PropertyValue
Headwordbesinnlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈzɪnlɪç]
Letters10
Frequency rank#94,025
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „besinnlich“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „beschränktes“ (#94,024), „besinnliches“ (#94,026), „Besserverdiener“ (#94,027). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „besinnlich“ bei #94,025. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

besinnlich is uncommon German at frequency #94,025 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈzɪnlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in einer Atmosphäre von Besinnung; beschaulich, harmonisch, gemütlich".

besinnlich doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is besinnlich, spelled B-E-S-I-N-N-L-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    in einer Atmosphäre von Besinnung; beschaulich, harmonisch, gemütlich

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Sie mochte solche prinzipiellen Debatten nicht, und schon gar nicht an einem netten besinnlichen Frauenabend.“
  2. „Jeder zehnte Befragte gibt an, dass ihn die Familientreffen an der besinnlichen Jahreszeit am meisten stören.“

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 "besinnlich"?
"besinnlich" is spelled B-E-S-I-N-N-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈzɪnlɪç].
What does "besinnlich" mean?
As an adjective, "besinnlich" means: in einer Atmosphäre von Besinnung; beschaulich, harmonisch, gemütlich
How do you pronounce "besinnlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "besinnlich" is [bəˈzɪnlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "besinnlich" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list