bestatten

[bəˈʃtatn̩]

/[bəˈʃtatn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“bestatten” is uncommon German (frequency #60,413 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,413
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Verstorbenen beerdigen, einen Leichnam beisetzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-bestatten · bestatten · German

bestatten · rank #60,413 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,413
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bestandene

Nearest frequency peer: bestandene (-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 „bestatten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bestatten
PropertyValue
Headwordbestatten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʃtatn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,413
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bestatten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.bestattenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bestandene“ (#60,412), „bestaunt“ (#60,414), „besprühen“ (#60,411). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bestatten“ bei #60,413. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bestatten is uncommon German at frequency #60,413 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈʃtatn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen Verstorbenen beerdigen, einen Leichnam beisetzen".

No misspelling variants are generated for bestatten in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is bestatten, spelled B-E-S-T-A-T-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen Verstorbenen beerdigen, einen Leichnam beisetzen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bestatten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er wurde auf dem städtischen Friedhof bestattet.
  2. Soldaten, hebt Gräber aus und bestattet die Gefallenen!

Synonyms

beerdigenbeisetzenbegraben

This word in other languages

bury(English)enterrar(Español)inhumer(Français)enterrar(Português)

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 "bestatten"?
"bestatten" is spelled B-E-S-T-A-T-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃtatn̩].
What does "bestatten" mean?
As a verb, "bestatten" means: einen Verstorbenen beerdigen, einen Leichnam beisetzen
How do you pronounce "bestatten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bestatten" is [bəˈʃtatn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bestatten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

besprühen#60,411bestrafte#60,415bestünden#60,416belichtet#60,404

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list