bevormunden

[bəˈfoːɐ̯mʊndən]

/[bəˈfoːɐ̯mʊndən]/ verb

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The verdict

“bevormunden” is uncommon German (frequency #66,047 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,047
frequency rank, German
72,680
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Person oder eine Gruppe von Personen (Staat, Staatsbürger, Gruppe) nicht selbstständig denken, entscheiden oder handeln lassen

Key facts for bevormunden
PropertyValue
Headwordbevormunden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈfoːɐ̯mʊndən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#66,047
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bevormunden” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). bevormunden lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bevormunden is uncommon German at frequency #66,047 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈfoːɐ̯mʊndən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Person oder eine Gruppe von Personen (Staat, Staatsbürger, Gruppe) nicht selbstständig denken, entscheiden oder handeln lassen".

bevormunden doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is bevormunden, spelled B-E-V-O-R-M-U-N-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Person oder eine Gruppe von Personen (Staat, Staatsbürger, Gruppe) nicht selbstständig denken, entscheiden oder handeln lassen

Synonyms

beeinflussenbemündelnbevogtendirigierengängelnleitenlenkenlotsenvorschreibenjemanden am Gängelband führen

Antonyms

emanzipierenunterstützen

This word in other languages

spoon-feed(English)tutelar(Español)tenir en laisse(Français)tutelar(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 "bevormunden"?
"bevormunden" is spelled B-E-V-O-R-M-U-N-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈfoːɐ̯mʊndən].
What does "bevormunden" mean?
As a verb, "bevormunden" means: eine Person oder eine Gruppe von Personen (Staat, Staatsbürger, Gruppe) nicht selbstständig denken, entscheiden oder handeln lassen
How do you pronounce "bevormunden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bevormunden" is [bəˈfoːɐ̯mʊndən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bevormunden" come from?
"bevormunden" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “bevormunden”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-E-V-O-R-M-U-N-D-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [bəˈfoːɐ̯mʊndən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list