Farbe bekennen
[ˈfaʁbə bəˈkɛnən]
The verdict
“Farbe bekennen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich zu einer grundsätzlichen Frage positionieren, seine Meinung klar äußern
Corpus desk
Index DE-farbe-bekennen · Farbe bekennen · German
Farbe bekennen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | Farbe bekennen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈfaʁbə bəˈkɛnən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Farbe bekennen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Farbe bekennen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈfaʁbə bəˈkɛnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich zu einer grundsätzlichen Frage positionieren, seine Meinung klar äußern".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Farbe bekennen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Farbe bekennen, spelled F-A-R-B-E- -B-E-K-E-N-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich zu einer grundsätzlichen Frage positionieren, seine Meinung klar äußern
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Farbe bekennen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Regierung sollte zu diesem heiklen Thema endlich Farbe bekennen.
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.