bestirnt
[bəˈʃtɪʁnt]
The verdict
“bestirnt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Sternen bedeckt
Corpus desk
Index DE-bestirnt · bestirnt · German
bestirnt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bestirnt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈʃtɪʁnt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bestirnt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bestirnt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈʃtɪʁnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit Sternen bedeckt".
bestirnt has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is bestirnt, spelled B-E-S-T-I-R-N-T.
Definition
- 1mit Sternen bedeckt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bestirnt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Anblick des bestirnten Himmels erinnert den Menschen daran, daß er Teil dieser Sinnenwelt ist und gegenüber der Größe der materiellen Welt sogar ein sehr kleiner und unbedeutender Teil.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.