berichten
\bəˈʁɪçtn̩\
The verdict
“berichten” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Informer, rapporter, communiquer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-berichten · berichten · French
berichten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | berichten |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bəˈʁɪçtn̩\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « berichten » en français
Rare enough to double-check
berichten is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bəˈʁɪçtn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for berichten in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is berichten, spelled B-E-R-I-C-H-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Informer, rapporter, communiquer.
- 2Raconter, relater.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how berichten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Schleswig-Holstein hat der Sturm viele Feuerwehreinsätze ausgelöst. Größere Schäden blieben in der ersten Nachthälfte aber aus, wie Feuerwehren und Polizeileitstellen am frühen Donnerstagmorgen berichteten.
Über Bayern ziehen am Montagabend heftige Unwetter hinweg. In Augsburg ist während des Gewitters am Montagabend in großen Teilen der Stadt kurzzeitig der Strom ausgefallen, berichtet die Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung.
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.