befürworten
\bəˈfyːɐ̯ˌvɔʁtn̩\
The verdict
“befürworten” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Approuver, soutenir, préconiser, être favorable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-befurworten · befürworten · French
befürworten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | befürworten |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bəˈfyːɐ̯ˌvɔʁtn̩\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
befürworten is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bəˈfyːɐ̯ˌvɔʁtn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Approuver, soutenir, préconiser, être favorable.".
befürworten has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 French form is befürworten, spelled B-E-F-Ü-R-W-O-R-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Approuver, soutenir, préconiser, être favorable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how befürworten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine repräsentative Umfrage im Auftrag des Handelsblatts ergab, dass 54 Prozent der Deutschen einen Importstopp für Öl und Gas aus Russland befürworten, auch wenn dadurch die Versorgungssicherheit gefährdet wäre.
Laut einer Umfrage vom vergangenen Februar, die von verschiedenen portugiesischen Medien in Auftrag gegeben wurde, befürworten 61 Prozent der Portugiesen die Entkriminalisierung der Sterbehilfe.
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.