bezähmen
[bəˈt͡sɛːmən]
The verdict
“bezähmen” 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) - ein (wildes) Tier erziehen/besiegen, damit es im Umgang nicht mehr oder deutlich weniger gefährlich ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-bezahmen · bezähmen · German
bezähmen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bezähmen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈt͡sɛːmən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bezähmen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bezähmen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈt͡sɛːmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for bezähmen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is bezähmen, spelled B-E-Z-Ä-H-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein (wildes) Tier erziehen/besiegen, damit es im Umgang nicht mehr oder deutlich weniger gefährlich ist
- 2ein starkes Gefühl, zum Beispiel eine Begierde, unter Kontrolle bekommen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bezähmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Orpheus bezähmte wilde Bestien durch sein Spiel, vielleicht gelingt es mir durch mein neuestes Atagio.“
„Sobald man ein Pferd bezähmt und an das Joch gewöhnt hat, so ist es nicht mehr schwehr, das selbige auch an die Arbeit zu gewöhnen.“ (1773)
Antonyms
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.