bestiehlt

[bəˈʃtiːlt]

/[bəˈʃtiːlt]/ verb

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The verdict

“bestiehlt” is uncommon German (frequency #85,016 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,016
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bestehlen

Corpus desk

Index DE-bestiehlt · bestiehlt · German

bestiehlt · rank #85,016 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,016
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH besonnene

Nearest frequency peer: besonnene (-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 „bestiehlt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bestiehlt
PropertyValue
Headwordbestiehlt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʃtiːlt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,016
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bestiehlt“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „besonnene“ (#85,015), „bestreikt“ (#85,017), „beschämen“ (#85,014). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bestiehlt“ bei #85,016. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bestiehlt is uncommon German at frequency #85,016 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈʃtiːlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bestehlen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for bestiehlt in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is bestiehlt, spelled B-E-S-T-I-E-H-L-T.

Definition

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    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bestehlen

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 "bestiehlt"?
"bestiehlt" is spelled B-E-S-T-I-E-H-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃtiːlt].
What does "bestiehlt" mean?
As a verb, "bestiehlt" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bestehlen
How do you pronounce "bestiehlt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bestiehlt" is [bəˈʃtiːlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bestiehlt" come from?
"bestiehlt" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

besonnene#85,015bestreikt#85,017beschämen#85,014Biometrie#85,026

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list