Bewandtnis

[bəˈvantnɪs]

/[bəˈvantnɪs]/ noun

The verdict

“Bewandtnis” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Merkmal, Beschaffenheit, Sinn, Zweck, Hintergrund einer Sache oder Person

Corpus desk

Index DE-bewandtnis · Bewandtnis · German

Bewandtnis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 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.

Key facts for Bewandtnis
PropertyValue
HeadwordBewandtnis
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈvantnɪs]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bewandtnis“ im Deutschen

Bewandtnissitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bewandtnis is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈvantnɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Merkmal, Beschaffenheit, Sinn, Zweck, Hintergrund einer Sache oder Person".

Bewandtnis has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 explicit etymology string is stored 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 Bewandtnis, spelled B-E-W-A-N-D-T-N-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Merkmal, Beschaffenheit, Sinn, Zweck, Hintergrund einer Sache oder Person

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mit diesem Gegenstand hat es eine besondere Bewandtnis.
  2. „Nach der Schule, zwischen den Arbeiten für das Maturum lief er in der Stadt umher und versuchte herauszubekommen, was es eigentlich für eine Bewandtnis mit dem Schuß auf Eugen Bast hatte.“

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bewandtnis"?
"Bewandtnis" is spelled B-E-W-A-N-D-T-N-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈvantnɪs].
What does "Bewandtnis" mean?
As a noun, "Bewandtnis" means: Merkmal, Beschaffenheit, Sinn, Zweck, Hintergrund einer Sache oder Person
How do you pronounce "Bewandtnis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bewandtnis" is [bəˈvantnɪs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bewandtnis" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list