bespaßen
[bəˈʃpaːsn̩]
The verdict
“bespaßen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf seichte Weise amüsieren oder belustigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bespa-en · bespaßen · German
bespaßen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bespaßen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈʃpaːsn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bespaßen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bespaßen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈʃpaːsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf seichte Weise amüsieren oder belustigen".
bespaßen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is bespaßen, spelled B-E-S-P-A-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1auf seichte Weise amüsieren oder belustigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bespaßen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Hotelmitarbeiter wollte uns den ganzen Tag mit seichten Spielen bespaßen.
Dabei sollen Kinder und Eltern gemeinsam Freude haben, und das Kind soll weder die Eltern noch die Eltern das Kind »bespaßen«.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.