bewalden
[bəˈvaldn̩]
The verdict
“bewalden” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit vielen Bäumen (Wald) bepflanzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bewalden · bewalden · German
bewalden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bewalden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈvaldn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bewalden“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bewalden is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈvaldn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bewalden, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is bewalden, spelled B-E-W-A-L-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit vielen Bäumen (Wald) bepflanzen
- 2als Wald langsam aber sicher eine größere Fläche einnehmen und ehemals freies Gelände zu Wald werden lassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bewalden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nun fängt man dort wieder an, die dürren Höhen zu bewalden, denn Erfahrung hat Lehre gebracht. Aber wer wird einst unsere Gebirge wieder bewalden können und wollen?!“
„Die größere Trockenheit des Klimas in der postglacialen Zeit wie die zunehmende Entfernung des wasserspendenden Gletschers ließ allmählich die Wasserläufe zu geringerer Breite zusammenschwinden, die Steppen bewaldeten sich.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.