bevorstehen

[bəˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːən]

/[bəˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːən]/ verb

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The verdict

“bevorstehen” is uncommon German (frequency #59,500 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,500
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zeitnah zu erwarten sein

Corpus desk

Index DE-bevorstehen · bevorstehen · German

bevorstehen · rank #59,500 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,500
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH betreue

Nearest frequency peer: betreue (-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 „bevorstehen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bevorstehen
PropertyValue
Headwordbevorstehen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#59,500
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bevorstehen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „betreue“ (#59,499), „bewegtes“ (#59,501), „bewirtschafteten“ (#59,502). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bevorstehen“ bei #59,500. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bevorstehen is uncommon German at frequency #59,500 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

bevorstehen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 bevorstehen, spelled B-E-V-O-R-S-T-E-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    zeitnah zu erwarten sein
  2. 2
    unangenehme Gefühle hervorrufen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die eine oder andere Zerreißprobe dürfte allen, die am Projekt beteiligt sind, noch bevorstehen.
  2. Der nächste Atomwaffentest Nordkoreas könnte nach Einschätzung von US-Experten unmittelbar bevorstehen.

Synonyms

drohenherankommenherannahenheraufkommennahennähernvorstehenzukommenheranstehenim Anzug seinim Verzug seinin der Luft liegenins Haus stehenvor der Tür stehen

Antonyms

aufschiebenin die Ferne rücken

This word in other languages

attendre(Français)

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 "bevorstehen"?
"bevorstehen" is spelled B-E-V-O-R-S-T-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːən].
What does "bevorstehen" mean?
As a verb, "bevorstehen" means: zeitnah zu erwarten sein
How do you pronounce "bevorstehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bevorstehen" is [bəˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bevorstehen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bezahlbarer#59,503Besorgungen#59,495Bienenstock#59,506beschimpfte#59,493

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list