bevorstand

[bəˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtant]

/[bəˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtant]/ verb

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The verdict

“bevorstand” is uncommon German (frequency #76,579 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,579
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs bevorstehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-bevorstand · bevorstand · German

bevorstand · rank #76,579 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,579
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bewacher

Nearest frequency peer: Bewacher (+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 „bevorstand“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bevorstand
PropertyValue
Headwordbevorstand
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtant]
Letters10
Frequency rank#76,579
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bevorstand“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).bevorstandfällt 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: „Bewacher“ (#76,580), „betrüge“ (#76,577), „Bewahrer“ (#76,581). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bevorstand“ bei #76,579. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bevorstand is uncommon German at frequency #76,579 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs bevorstehen".

Zero misspellings are on record for bevorstand in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 bevorstand, spelled B-E-V-O-R-S-T-A-N-D.

Definition

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    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs bevorstehen

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 "bevorstand"?
"bevorstand" is spelled B-E-V-O-R-S-T-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtant].
What does "bevorstand" mean?
As a verb, "bevorstand" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs bevorstehen
How do you pronounce "bevorstand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bevorstand" is [bəˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bevorstand" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bespitzelt#76,571blinkenden#76,591Blumenbeet#76,594bemächtigt#76,556

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list