bestreichen

/[bəˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#53,534

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

bestreichen is aGermanverb. It means: etwas mit einem Belag (Anstrich, Aufstrich) versehen, oftmals wird dazu die flüssige/halbfeste Masse mit einem Werkzeug, zum Beispiel einem Pinsel oder Messer, aufgetragen Pronounced [bəˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩].

Key facts for bestreichen
PropertyValue
Headwordbestreichen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#53,534
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bestreichen is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #53,534 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for bestreichen in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 bestreichen, spelled B-E-S-T-R-E-I-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas mit einem Belag (Anstrich, Aufstrich) versehen, oftmals wird dazu die flüssige/halbfeste Masse mit einem Werkzeug, zum Beispiel einem Pinsel oder Messer, aufgetragen
  2. 2
    etwas (sanft, mit streichenden Bewegungen) berühren, daran entlang streichen
  3. 3
    eine Fläche einem Kugelhagel, Beschuss aussetzen

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #53,534 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bestreichen"?
"bestreichen" is spelled B-E-S-T-R-E-I-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩].
What does "bestreichen" mean?
As a verb, "bestreichen" means: etwas mit einem Belag (Anstrich, Aufstrich) versehen, oftmals wird dazu die flüssige/halbfeste Masse mit einem Werkzeug, zum Beispiel einem Pinsel oder Messer, aufgetragen
How do you pronounce "bestreichen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bestreichen" is [bəˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bestreichen" come from?
"bestreichen" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.