beträufeln
[bəˈtʁɔɪ̯fl̩n]
The verdict
“beträufeln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen aufnehmenden Untergrund mit Flüssigkeit in kleinen Portionen (Tropfen) anfeuchten
Corpus desk
Index DE-betraufeln · beträufeln · German
beträufeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | beträufeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈtʁɔɪ̯fl̩n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „beträufeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
beträufeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈtʁɔɪ̯fl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen aufnehmenden Untergrund mit Flüssigkeit in kleinen Portionen (Tropfen) anfeuchten".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for beträufeln, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is beträufeln, spelled B-E-T-R-Ä-U-F-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1einen aufnehmenden Untergrund mit Flüssigkeit in kleinen Portionen (Tropfen) anfeuchten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beträufeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Zuckerwürfel mit ein paar Tropfen Amaretto beträufeln und in die Aprikosen je einen Würfel legen.“
Als sie die Wunde mit Jod beträufelt, schreit der Junge.
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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.