Betonie
[bəˈtoːni̯ə]
The verdict
“Betonie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pflanze, die zur Gattung Stachys aus der Familie der Lippenblütengewächse zählt
Corpus desk
Index DE-betonie · Betonie · German
Betonie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Betonie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈtoːni̯ə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Betonie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Betonie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈtoːni̯ə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Betonie in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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. The correct German form is Betonie, spelled B-E-T-O-N-I-E.
Definition
- 1Pflanze, die zur Gattung Stachys aus der Familie der Lippenblütengewächse zählt
- 2speziell die Echte Betonie Stachys officinalis
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Betonie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Betonien werden neuerdings zur Gattung Stachys, also zu den Ziesten gestellt.
Die Betonie hat normalerweise purpurrote Blüten, aber es gibt auch weiße Exemplare.
Synonyms
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.