bespannen
[bəˈʃpanən]
The verdict
“bespannen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Gegenstand mit einem meist elastischen Material, zum Beispiel Stoff oder auch Saiten, beziehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bespannen · bespannen · German
bespannen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | bespannen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈʃpanən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bespannen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bespannen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈʃpanən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for bespannen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is bespannen, spelled B-E-S-P-A-N-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Gegenstand mit einem meist elastischen Material, zum Beispiel Stoff oder auch Saiten, beziehen
- 2vor einem zu ziehenden Fahrzeug die Zugtiere in das Geschirr nehmen (spannen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bespannen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Anstatt eine Wand zu streichen, kann man sie auch mit Stofffeldern bespannen.
Wir bespannen den Balsa-Rumpf des Modellflugzeugs mit Seidenpapier.
Antonyms
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.