betätigten
[bəˈtɛːtɪçtn̩]
The verdict
“betätigten” is uncommon German (frequency #87,490 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,490
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs betätigt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | betätigten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈtɛːtɪçtn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #87,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “betätigten” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
betätigten is uncommon German at frequency #87,490 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈtɛːtɪçtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.
betätigten has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is betätigten, spelled B-E-T-Ä-T-I-G-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs betätigt
- 2Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs betätigt
- 3Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs betätigt
- 4Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs betätigt
- 5Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs betätigt
- 6Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs betätigt
- 7Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs betätigt
- 8Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs betätigt
- 9Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs betätigt
- 10Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs betätigt
- 11Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs betätigt
- 12Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs betätigt
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.
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Using “betätigten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-T-Ä-T-I-G-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈtɛːtɪçtn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.