berühren
\bəˈʀyː.ʀən\
The verdict
“berühren” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toucher.
Corpus desk
Index FR-beruhren · berühren · French
berühren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | berühren |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bəˈʀyː.ʀən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « berühren » en français
Rare enough to double-check
berühren is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bəˈʀyː.ʀən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Toucher.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for berühren, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is berühren, spelled B-E-R-Ü-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Toucher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how berühren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im nächsten Semester wechselte der ältere Bruder an die Universität Göttingen. Während er dort seine ersten Freunde fand, zum erstenmal Alkohol trank und eine Frau berührte, schrieb der Jüngere seine erste wissenschaftliche Arbeit.
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.