besteuern

/[bəˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐn]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,772

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

besteuern is aGermanverb. It means: auf eine Ware/Leistung staatliche Abgaben (Steuern) erheben; für etwas von jemandem Steuern verlangen/eintreiben Pronounced [bəˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐn]. Often confused with beteuert and besteuert.

Key facts for besteuern
PropertyValue
Headwordbesteuern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#48,772
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for besteuern is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,772 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "auf eine Ware/Leistung staatliche Abgaben (Steuern) erheben; für etwas von jemandem Steuern verlangen/eintreiben".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for besteuern, with forms such as "bbesteuern", "besetuern", and "bessteuern". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "beteuert", "besteuert", "Besteuerung", 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 besteuern, spelled B-E-S-T-E-U-E-R-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf eine Ware/Leistung staatliche Abgaben (Steuern) erheben; für etwas von jemandem Steuern verlangen/eintreiben

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbesteuern,besetuern,bessteuern,besteeurn,besteuenr,besteuernn,besteuerrn,besteuren,bestteuern,bestueern,betseuern,bseteuern,ebsteuern

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for besteuern

Misspelling Variants of "besteuern"

bbesteuern10besetuern9bessteuern10besteeurn9besteuenr9besteuernn10besteuerrn10besteuren9
Misspelling Variants of "besteuern"

Frequency rank: #48,772 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "besteuern"?
"besteuern" is spelled B-E-S-T-E-U-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐn].
What does "besteuern" mean?
As a verb, "besteuern" means: auf eine Ware/Leistung staatliche Abgaben (Steuern) erheben; für etwas von jemandem Steuern verlangen/eintreiben
What words are commonly confused with "besteuern"?
"besteuern" is commonly confused with "beteuert", "besteuert", "Besteuerung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "besteuern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "besteuern" is [bəˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "besteuern" come from?
"besteuern" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.