forbearance
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The verdict
“forbearance” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Akt des Unterlassens; des Abstandnehmens von etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-forbearance · forbearance · German
forbearance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | forbearance |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „forbearance“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
forbearance is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for forbearance, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 forbearance, spelled F-O-R-B-E-A-R-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1der Akt des Unterlassens; des Abstandnehmens von etwas
- 2Selbstkontrolle, geduldige Hinnahme
- 3ein sich entziehen von der Durchsetzung eines Gesetzes
- 4die Nachsicht eines Kreditgebers, nachdem das ursprünglich fixierte Datum überschritten wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how forbearance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I thank you for your support, forbearance and counsel buring this hard times.
Synonyms
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.