beingness
noun
beingness is spelled B-E-I-N-G-N-E-S-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, beingness means “Existence; the condition of a thing that is” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of beingness is beingnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in beingness?
| Letters | 9: B-E-I-N-G-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 50 million words; the 220,118th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is beingness?
Beingness appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of beingness
- beingnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does beingness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Existence; the condition of a thing that is.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does beingness come from?
Calque of German Seiendheit, equivalent to English being + -ness. Occasionally also used to translate German Sein (“being”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).