Beweggrund

[bəˈveːkˌɡʁʊnt]

/[bəˈveːkˌɡʁʊnt]/ noun

The verdict

“Beweggrund” is uncommon German (frequency #55,999 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,999
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entscheidungsgrundlage für eine bestimmte Handlung oder Unterlassung

Corpus desk

Index DE-beweggrund · Beweggrund · German

Beweggrund · rank #55,999 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,999
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bevölkerten

Nearest frequency peer: bevölkerten (-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 „Beweggrund“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Beweggrund
PropertyValue
HeadwordBeweggrund
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈveːkˌɡʁʊnt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,999
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Beweggrund“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Beweggrundfällt 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: „bevölkerten“ (#55,998), „bezweifelte“ (#56,000), „Betreffe“ (#55,997). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Beweggrund“ bei #55,999. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Beweggrund is uncommon German at frequency #55,999 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈveːkˌɡʁʊnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entscheidungsgrundlage für eine bestimmte Handlung oder Unterlassung".

No misspelling variants are generated for Beweggrund in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Beweggrund, spelled B-E-W-E-G-G-R-U-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Entscheidungsgrundlage für eine bestimmte Handlung oder Unterlassung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Das jedenfalls dachte ich damals, auch wenn es mir in meinem Bemühen, zu verstehen, was ihre Beweggründe waren und warum ich immer tiefer in diese Obsession hineingeriet, nicht viel weiterhalf.“
  2. „Ich überprüfte meine Beweggründe.“

Synonyms

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); 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 "Beweggrund"?
"Beweggrund" is spelled B-E-W-E-G-G-R-U-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈveːkˌɡʁʊnt].
What does "Beweggrund" mean?
As a noun, "Beweggrund" means: Entscheidungsgrundlage für eine bestimmte Handlung oder Unterlassung
How do you pronounce "Beweggrund"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Beweggrund" is [bəˈveːkˌɡʁʊnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Beweggrund" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list