beurlauben

[bəˈʔuːɐ̯ˌlaʊ̯bn̩]

/[bəˈʔuːɐ̯ˌlaʊ̯bn̩]/ verb

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beurlauben
PropertyValue
Headwordbeurlauben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʔuːɐ̯ˌlaʊ̯bn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#90,045
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „beurlauben“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.beurlaubenfällt 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: „betörend“ (#90,044), „Bevölkerungsaustausch“ (#90,046), „bettlägerig“ (#90,043). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beurlauben“ bei #90,045. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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. 1
    (vorübergehend) von der Arbeit/der Schule/dem Studium freistellen
  2. 2
    die Anwesenheit am Arbeitsplatz verbieten (weil die beurlaubte Person dort in Zukunft nicht mehr arbeiten wird)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Autorin und Lehrerin Lamya Kaddor ist aus Sicherheitsgründen vom Schuldienst beurlaubt worden.“
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beurlauben"?
"beurlauben" is spelled B-E-U-R-L-A-U-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʔuːɐ̯ˌlaʊ̯bn̩].
What does "beurlauben" mean?
As a verb, "beurlauben" means: (vorübergehend) von der Arbeit/der Schule/dem Studium freistellen
How do you pronounce "beurlauben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beurlauben" is [bəˈʔuːɐ̯ˌlaʊ̯bn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list