bewenden

[bəˈvɛndn̩]

/[bəˈvɛndn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“bewenden” is uncommon German (frequency #94,037 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,037
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - es genug sein lassen; eine Sache nicht weiterverfolgen; etwas auf sich beruhen lassen

Corpus desk

Index DE-bewenden · bewenden · German

bewenden · rank #94,037 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,037
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bewehrung

Nearest frequency peer: Bewehrung (-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 „bewenden“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bewenden
PropertyValue
Headwordbewenden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈvɛndn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#94,037
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bewenden“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.bewendenfällt 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: „Bewehrung“ (#94,036), „bewundernswerte“ (#94,038), „bevormundet“ (#94,035). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bewenden“ bei #94,037. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bewenden is uncommon German at frequency #94,037 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈvɛndn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "es genug sein lassen; eine Sache nicht weiterverfolgen; etwas auf sich beruhen lassen".

bewenden doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is bewenden, spelled B-E-W-E-N-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    es genug sein lassen; eine Sache nicht weiterverfolgen; etwas auf sich beruhen lassen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Du bekommst dein Taschengeld nicht gekürzt, lassen wir es bei Hausarrest bewenden.
  2. Ich rate dir, lass es dabei bewenden. Wenn du weiter mit deinem Nachbarn streitest, schaltet er vielleicht seinen Anwalt ein.

This word in other languages

leave it at that(English)

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 "bewenden"?
"bewenden" is spelled B-E-W-E-N-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈvɛndn̩].
What does "bewenden" mean?
As a verb, "bewenden" means: es genug sein lassen; eine Sache nicht weiterverfolgen; etwas auf sich beruhen lassen
How do you pronounce "bewenden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bewenden" is [bəˈvɛndn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bewenden" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Blumenau#94,049Bekenner#94,012begossen#94,011Breuberg#94,067

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list