beweinen
[bəˈvaɪ̯nən]
The verdict
“beweinen” 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) - weinend um jemanden oder über etwas trauern
Corpus desk
Index DE-beweinen · beweinen · German
beweinen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | beweinen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈvaɪ̯nən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „beweinen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
beweinen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈvaɪ̯nən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for beweinen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 beweinen, spelled B-E-W-E-I-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1weinend um jemanden oder über etwas trauern
- 2sich betrinken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beweinen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es tut gut, wenn man sich traut, einen Verlust zu beweinen.
Sie beweinten den Tod des geliebten Bruders.
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.