betrauern

[bəˈtʁaʊ̯ɐn]

/[bəˈtʁaʊ̯ɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“betrauern” is uncommon German (frequency #90,041 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,041
frequency rank, German
72,680
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Traurigkeit über den Verlust einer Person oder auch Sache (Trauer) zeigen

Key facts for betrauern
PropertyValue
Headwordbetrauern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈtʁaʊ̯ɐn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#90,041
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “betrauern” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). betrauern lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

betrauern is uncommon German at frequency #90,041 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈtʁaʊ̯ɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Traurigkeit über den Verlust einer Person oder auch Sache (Trauer) zeigen".

betrauern doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 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 betrauern, spelled B-E-T-R-A-U-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Traurigkeit über den Verlust einer Person oder auch Sache (Trauer) zeigen

Antonyms

feiern

This word in other languages

grieve(English)

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 "betrauern"?
"betrauern" is spelled B-E-T-R-A-U-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈtʁaʊ̯ɐn].
What does "betrauern" mean?
As a verb, "betrauern" means: Traurigkeit über den Verlust einer Person oder auch Sache (Trauer) zeigen
How do you pronounce "betrauern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "betrauern" is [bəˈtʁaʊ̯ɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "betrauern" come from?
"betrauern" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “betrauern”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-E-T-R-A-U-E-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [bəˈtʁaʊ̯ɐn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list