bestreite

[bəˈʃtʁaɪ̯tə]

/[bəˈʃtʁaɪ̯tə]/ verb

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The verdict

“bestreite” is uncommon German (frequency #50,327 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,327
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bestreiten

Corpus desk

Index DE-bestreite · bestreite · German

bestreite · rank #50,327 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,327
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH besinnliche

Nearest frequency peer: besinnliche (-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 „bestreite“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bestreite
PropertyValue
Headwordbestreite
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʃtʁaɪ̯tə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,327
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bestreite“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).bestreitefällt 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: „besinnliche“ (#50,326), „Betriebsrats“ (#50,328), „besiedeln“ (#50,325). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bestreite“ bei #50,327. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bestreite is uncommon German at frequency #50,327 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈʃtʁaɪ̯tə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bestreite, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is bestreite, spelled B-E-S-T-R-E-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bestreiten
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bestreiten
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bestreiten
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bestreiten

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 "bestreite"?
"bestreite" is spelled B-E-S-T-R-E-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃtʁaɪ̯tə].
What does "bestreite" mean?
As a verb, "bestreite" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bestreiten
How do you pronounce "bestreite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bestreite" is [bəˈʃtʁaɪ̯tə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bestreite" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

besiedeln#50,325bewohnbar#50,331beerdigen#50,312Baldachin#50,304

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list