Bettel
[ˈbɛtl̩]
The verdict
“Bettel” is uncommon German (frequency #61,354 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,354
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nutzlose, alte, wertlose Dinge
Corpus desk
Index DE-bettel · Bettel · German
Bettel · rank #61,354 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,354
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH betriebsbereit
Nearest frequency peer: betriebsbereit (-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 „Bettel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- bestimmst
bestimmst
38,650 corpus weight
- Betreiberin
Betreiberin
38,649 corpus weight
- betriebsber…
betriebsbereit
38,648 corpus weight
- Bettel
Bettel
38,647 corpus weight
- beurkundet
beurkundet
38,646 corpus weight
- bewachte
bewachte
38,645 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bettel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bettel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɛtl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,354 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bettel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bettel is uncommon German at frequency #61,354 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɛtl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Bettel in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 Bettel, spelled B-E-T-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1nutzlose, alte, wertlose Dinge
- 2regionale Variante eines Solospiels, bei dem der Alleinspieler keinen Stich machen darf
- 3Bitte nach kleiner materieller Unterstützung als bedürftige Person; Betteln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bettel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Manchmal habe ich auch Lust, den ganzen Bettel hinzuschmeißen.“
„Er hatte ihm das Bukett aus der Hand genommen: ‚Fort mit dem Bettel! Wer weiß, in welcher Hand er war!‘ Er schleuderte es über die Straße.“
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); 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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