besinnlich
[bəˈzɪnlɪç]
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
- Bergbauern
Bergbauern
5,979 corpus weight
- beschränktes
beschränktes
5,977 corpus weight
- besinnlich
besinnlich
5,976 corpus weight
- besinnliches
besinnliches
5,975 corpus weight
- Besserverdi…
Besserverdiener
5,974 corpus weight
- bestach
bestach
5,973 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „besinnlich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | besinnlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈzɪnlɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #94,025 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „besinnlich“ im Deutschen
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
- 1in einer Atmosphäre von Besinnung; beschaulich, harmonisch, gemütlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how besinnlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie mochte solche prinzipiellen Debatten nicht, und schon gar nicht an einem netten besinnlichen Frauenabend.“
„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.
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