besinnt

[bəˈzɪnt]

/[bəˈzɪnt]/ verb

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The verdict

“besinnt” is uncommon German (frequency #51,974 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,974
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-besinnt · besinnt · German

besinnt · rank #51,974 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,974
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH beschlagnahmte

Nearest frequency peer: beschlagnahmte (-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 „besinnt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for besinnt
PropertyValue
Headwordbesinnt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈzɪnt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,974
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „besinnt“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „beschlagnahmte“ (#51,973), „Besteigung“ (#51,975), „Beschimpfung“ (#51,972). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „besinnt“ bei #51,974. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

besinnt is uncommon German at frequency #51,974 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈzɪnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for besinnt, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is besinnt, spelled B-E-S-I-N-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs besinnen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs besinnen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs besinnen
  4. 4
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs besinnen
  5. 5
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs besinnen

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 "besinnt"?
"besinnt" is spelled B-E-S-I-N-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈzɪnt].
What does "besinnt" mean?
As a verb, "besinnt" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs besinnen
How do you pronounce "besinnt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "besinnt" is [bəˈzɪnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "besinnt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

beklaut#51,968Beiheft#51,965Bacchus#51,953Autotür#51,951

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list