festbeißen
[ˈfɛstˌbaɪ̯sn̩]
The verdict
“festbeißen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich so sehr mit einer Aufgabe, einem schwierigen (unlösbaren) Problem, beschäftigen, dass man anderes kaum wahrnimmt
Corpus desk
Index DE-festbei-en · festbeißen · German
festbeißen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | festbeißen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɛstˌbaɪ̯sn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „festbeißen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
festbeißen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɛstˌbaɪ̯sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
festbeißen has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is festbeißen, spelled F-E-S-T-B-E-I-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich so sehr mit einer Aufgabe, einem schwierigen (unlösbaren) Problem, beschäftigen, dass man anderes kaum wahrnimmt
- 2mit dem Gebiss zupacken und nicht mehr loslassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how festbeißen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie biss sich an dieser Fragestellung fest.
Der kleine Kläffer biss sich am Hosenbein fest.
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.