bestrahlen
[bəˈʃtʁaːlən]
The verdict
“bestrahlen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - besonderen Wellen (Strahlen) aussetzen, dem Sonnenlicht oder Licht aus Lichtquellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bestrahlen · bestrahlen · German
bestrahlen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | bestrahlen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈʃtʁaːlən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bestrahlen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bestrahlen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈʃtʁaːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bestrahlen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 bestrahlen, spelled B-E-S-T-R-A-H-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1besonderen Wellen (Strahlen) aussetzen, dem Sonnenlicht oder Licht aus Lichtquellen
- 2besonderen Wellen, oftmals radioaktiven Strahlen, aussetzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bestrahlen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Scheinwerfer bestrahlten die Szene.
„Du verlegst deine Aufmerksamkeit in dein Herz und stellst dir vor, wie du das ganze U-Bahn-Abteil und alle darin Sitzenden mit liebender Heilkraft bestrahlst.“
Antonyms
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.