beurlauben
[bəˈʔuːɐ̯ˌlaʊ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“beurlauben” is uncommon German (frequency #90,045 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,045
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (vorübergehend) von der Arbeit/der Schule/dem Studium freistellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-beurlauben · beurlauben · German
beurlauben · rank #90,045 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,045
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH betörend
Nearest frequency peer: betörend (-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 „beurlauben“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- betrauern
betrauern
9,960 corpus weight
- bettlägerig
bettlägerig
9,958 corpus weight
- betörend
betörend
9,957 corpus weight
- beurlauben
beurlauben
9,956 corpus weight
- Bevölkerung…
Bevölkerungsaustausch
9,955 corpus weight
- Bevölkerung…
Bevölkerungsteile
9,954 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „beurlauben“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beurlauben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈʔuːɐ̯ˌlaʊ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #90,045 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „beurlauben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
beurlauben is uncommon German at frequency #90,045 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈʔuːɐ̯ˌlaʊ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
beurlauben has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is beurlauben, spelled B-E-U-R-L-A-U-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1(vorübergehend) von der Arbeit/der Schule/dem Studium freistellen
- 2die Anwesenheit am Arbeitsplatz verbieten (weil die beurlaubte Person dort in Zukunft nicht mehr arbeiten wird)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beurlauben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Autorin und Lehrerin Lamya Kaddor ist aus Sicherheitsgründen vom Schuldienst beurlaubt worden.“
Kannst du dich nicht für eine Woche beurlauben lassen? Unbezahlt, wenn es sein muss?
Antonyms
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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