bestehenden

/[bəˈʃteːəndn̩]/ adj

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Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,174

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

bestehenden is anGermanadj. It means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend Pronounced [bəˈʃteːəndn̩]. It ranks #3,174 in German word frequency. Often confused with bestehender and bestehendes.

Key facts for bestehenden
PropertyValue
Headwordbestehenden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[bəˈʃteːəndn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#3,174
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bestehenden in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bestehenden is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʃteːəndn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,174 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for bestehenden, with forms such as "bbestehenden", "besethenden", and "besstehenden". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "bestehender", "bestehendes", "bestehend", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is bestehenden, spelled B-E-S-T-E-H-E-N-D-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  8. 8
    Genitiv Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  9. 9
    Dativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  10. 10
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  11. 11
    Dativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  12. 12
    Plural Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  13. 13
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  14. 14
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  15. 15
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  16. 16
    Genitiv Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  17. 17
    Dativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  18. 18
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  19. 19
    Dativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  20. 20
    Plural der gemischten Flexion Positiv des Adjektivs bestehend

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbestehenden,besethenden,besstehenden,besteehnden,bestehednen,bestehendden,bestehendenn,bestehendne,bestehenedn,bestehennden,bestehhenden,bestehneden,bestheenden,besttehenden,betsehenden,bsetehenden,ebstehenden

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bestehenden

Misspelling Variants of "bestehenden"

bbestehenden12besethenden11besstehenden12besteehnden11bestehednen11bestehendden12bestehendenn12bestehendne11
Misspelling Variants of "bestehenden"

Frequency rank: #3,174 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bestehenden"?
"bestehenden" is spelled B-E-S-T-E-H-E-N-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃteːəndn̩].
What does "bestehenden" mean?
As an adj, "bestehenden" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
What words are commonly confused with "bestehenden"?
"bestehenden" is commonly confused with "bestehender", "bestehendes", "bestehend". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bestehenden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bestehenden" is [bəˈʃteːəndn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bestehenden" come from?
"bestehenden" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.