bieten

/[ˈbiːtn̩]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,317

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bieten is aGermanverb. It means: kundtun, dass man etwas zu leisten bereit ist; etwas zur Verfügung oder in Aussicht stellen, etwas zusichern Pronounced [ˈbiːtn̩]. It ranks #1,317 in German word frequency. Often confused with Bitte and Boten.

Key facts for bieten
PropertyValue
Headwordbieten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbiːtn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,317
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bieten in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bieten is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbiːtn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,317 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for bieten, with forms such as "bbieten", "beiten", and "bieetn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Bitte", "Boten", "biste", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is bieten, spelled B-I-E-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    kundtun, dass man etwas zu leisten bereit ist; etwas zur Verfügung oder in Aussicht stellen, etwas zusichern
  2. 2
    etwas reichen, hinhalten
  3. 3
    etwas reichen, hinhalten
  4. 4
    etwas reichen, hinhalten
  5. 5
    etwas gewähren
  6. 6
    etwas darbieten
  7. 7
    etwas zum Vorschein kommen oder sichtbar werden lassen, zeigen
  8. 8
    jemandem etwas zumuten
  9. 9
    jemanden grüßen
  10. 10
    etwas melden oder ankündigen, jemandem etwas sagen lassen
  11. 11
    etwas befehlen oder gebieten, jemanden etwas heißen
  12. 12
    ein Angebot (bei einer Versteigerung) machen
  13. 13
    sich zeigen
  14. 14
    sich ergeben, sich eröffnen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbieten,beiten,bieetn,bietenn,bietne,bietten,biteen,ibeten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bieten

Misspelling Variants of "bieten"

bbieten7beiten6bieetn6bietenn7bietne6bietten7biteen6ibeten6
Misspelling Variants of "bieten"

Frequency rank: #1,317 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bieten"?
"bieten" is spelled B-I-E-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbiːtn̩].
What does "bieten" mean?
As a verb, "bieten" means: kundtun, dass man etwas zu leisten bereit ist; etwas zur Verfügung oder in Aussicht stellen, etwas zusichern
What words are commonly confused with "bieten"?
"bieten" is commonly confused with "Bitte", "Boten", "biste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bieten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bieten" is [ˈbiːtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bieten" come from?
"bieten" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.