Bestrebung
[bəˈʃtʁeːbʊŋ]
The verdict
“Bestrebung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - ernsthafte Bemühung, ein bestimmtes Ziel zu erreichen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bestrebung · Bestrebung · German
Bestrebung · 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 | Bestrebung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈʃtʁeːbʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bestrebung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bestrebung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈʃtʁeːbʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ernsthafte Bemühung, ein bestimmtes Ziel zu erreichen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Bestrebung, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Bestrebung, spelled B-E-S-T-R-E-B-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1ernsthafte Bemühung, ein bestimmtes Ziel zu erreichen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bestrebung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seine Bestrebungen galten höheren Zielen, die seine Machtposition stärken und sichern sollten.
„Wilhelm Ostwald hatte atheistischen und antiklerikalen Bestrebungen stets nahegestanden.“
This word in other languages
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.