besprengen
[bəˈʃpʁɛŋən]
The verdict
“besprengen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einer Flüssigkeit (oftmals Wasser) benetzen, mit der Absicht zu befeuchten
Corpus desk
Index DE-besprengen · besprengen · German
besprengen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | besprengen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈʃpʁɛŋən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „besprengen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
besprengen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈʃpʁɛŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit einer Flüssigkeit (oftmals Wasser) benetzen, mit der Absicht zu befeuchten".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for besprengen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is besprengen, spelled B-E-S-P-R-E-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit einer Flüssigkeit (oftmals Wasser) benetzen, mit der Absicht zu befeuchten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how besprengen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie besprengt das Gesicht mit kaltem Wasser.
Man besprengte die Tote mit Weihwasser.
Antonyms
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.