bestehendem

[bəˈʃteːəndəm]

/[bəˈʃteːəndəm]/ adj

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The verdict

“bestehendem” is uncommon German (frequency #87,486 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,486
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bestehend

Corpus desk

Index DE-bestehendem · bestehendem · German

bestehendem · rank #87,486 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,486
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bespitzeln

Nearest frequency peer: bespitzeln (-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 „bestehendem“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bestehendem
PropertyValue
Headwordbestehendem
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈʃteːəndəm]
Letters11
Frequency rank#87,486
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bestehendem“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).bestehendemfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bespitzeln“ (#87,485), „beschützte“ (#87,483), „betätigten“ (#87,490). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bestehendem“ bei #87,486. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bestehendem is uncommon German at frequency #87,486 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈʃteːəndəm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bestehendem, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is bestehendem, spelled B-E-S-T-E-H-E-N-D-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bestehend
  2. 2
    Dativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bestehend

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 "bestehendem"?
"bestehendem" is spelled B-E-S-T-E-H-E-N-D-E-M. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃteːəndəm].
What does "bestehendem" mean?
As an adjective, "bestehendem" means: Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bestehend
How do you pronounce "bestehendem"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bestehendem" is [bəˈʃteːəndəm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bestehendem" come from?
"bestehendem" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Beuteschema#87,491Bioprodukte#87,502bemängelten#87,469baufälligen#87,455

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list