Beugung

[ˈbɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ]

/[ˈbɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Beugung” is uncommon German (frequency #71,161 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,161
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Beugen, Abwinkeln

Corpus desk

Index DE-beugung · Beugung · German

Beugung · rank #71,161 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,161
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Betäubungsmit…

Nearest frequency peer: Betäubungsmitteln (-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 „Beugung“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Beugung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Beugung
PropertyValue
HeadwordBeugung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#71,161
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Beugung“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Beugungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Betäubungsmitteln“ (#71,160), „Bettzeug“ (#71,159), „bevorzugst“ (#71,163). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Beugung“ bei #71,161. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Beugung is uncommon German at frequency #71,161 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Beugung in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Beugung, spelled B-E-U-G-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Beugen, Abwinkeln
  2. 2
    deutscher Ausdruck für Flexion
  3. 3
    Ablenkung von Wellen an Hindernissen
  4. 4
    willkürliche Auslegung von Gesetzen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Beugung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Beugung der Knie kann Schmerzen verursachen.
  2. Die Deklination „das Auto, des Autos, dem Auto …“ bezeichnet man als Beugung.

Synonyms

BiegungFlexionDiffraktionRechtsbeugungRechtsverdrehung

Antonyms

Wortbildung

This word in other languages

diffraction(English)flexión(Español)flexion(Français)flexão(Português)

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 "Beugung"?
"Beugung" is spelled B-E-U-G-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ].
What does "Beugung" mean?
As a noun, "Beugung" means: das Beugen, Abwinkeln
How do you pronounce "Beugung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Beugung" is [ˈbɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Beugung" come from?
"Beugung" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Beugung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

blossom#71,176Beigabe#71,139Bulgare#71,193cristal#71,214

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list