besungen

[bəˈzʊŋən]

/[bəˈzʊŋən]/ verb

The verdict

“besungen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,182 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,182
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs besingen

Corpus desk

Index DE-besungen · besungen · German

besungen · rank #55,182 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,182
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bestimmungsort

Nearest frequency peer: Bestimmungsort (-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 „besungen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for besungen
PropertyValue
Headwordbesungen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈzʊŋən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,182
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „besungen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).besungenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bestimmungsort“ (#55,181), „beteten“ (#55,183), „Besetzer“ (#55,180). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „besungen“ bei #55,182. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

besungen is uncommon German at frequency #55,182 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈzʊŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs besingen".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for besungen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is besungen, spelled B-E-S-U-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs besingen

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 "besungen"?
"besungen" is spelled B-E-S-U-N-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈzʊŋən].
What does "besungen" mean?
As a verb, "besungen" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs besingen
How do you pronounce "besungen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "besungen" is [bəˈzʊŋən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "besungen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list