bewilligen
[bəˈvɪlɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“bewilligen” is uncommon German (frequency #53,541 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,541
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Bewilligung geben; (insbesondere einem Antrag offiziell) die Zustimmung/Erlaubnis gewähren, billigen, genehmigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bewilligen · bewilligen · German
bewilligen · rank #53,541 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,541
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bewerkstelligt
Nearest frequency peer: bewerkstelligt (-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 „bewilligen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Bevölkerung…
Bevölkerungsanteil
46,463 corpus weight
- bewachten
bewachten
46,462 corpus weight
- bewerkstell…
bewerkstelligt
46,461 corpus weight
- bewilligen
bewilligen
46,460 corpus weight
- Bezugsperson
Bezugsperson
46,459 corpus weight
- bezwingt
bezwingt
46,458 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bewilligen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bewilligen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈvɪlɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,541 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bewilligen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bewilligen is uncommon German at frequency #53,541 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈvɪlɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Bewilligung geben; (insbesondere einem Antrag offiziell) die Zustimmung/Erlaubnis gewähren, billigen, genehmigen".
bewilligen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is bewilligen, spelled B-E-W-I-L-L-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1die Bewilligung geben; (insbesondere einem Antrag offiziell) die Zustimmung/Erlaubnis gewähren, billigen, genehmigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bewilligen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Ausschuss diskutierte lange darüber, ob man die teure Neuanschaffung bewilligen sollte, stellte dann aber fest, dass für solche Anträge ein anderes Gremium zuständig ist.
„Einen Tag vor dem japanischen Angriff auf Pearl Harbor bewilligte Präsident Roosevelt ein umfassendes Regierungsprogramm zur Entwicklung der Atombombe.“
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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.
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