Besitzstandswahrung
German, noun/bəˈzɪt͡sʃtant͡sˌvaːʁʊŋ/
Besitzstandswahrung is spelled B-E-S-I-T-Z-S-T-A-N-D-S-W-A-H-R-U-N-G (19 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Besitzstandswahrung is a German feminine noun meaning “maintenance of existing rights/entitlements” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Erhalten und Verteidigen von materiellem, sozialem oder geistigem Kapital, das jemand für sich beansprucht”.
What does Besitzstandswahrung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemaintenance of existing rights/entitlements
- 2
femininegrandfathering
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Erhalten und Verteidigen von materiellem, sozialem oder geistigem Kapital, das jemand für sich beansprucht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Besitzstandswahrung?
- /bəˈzɪt͡sʃtant͡sˌvaːʁʊŋ/
- [bəˈzɪt͡sʃtant͡sˌvaːʁʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Besitzstandswahrung in German?
Besitzstandswahrung appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).