bestreichen
\bəˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩\
The verdict
“bestreichen” 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) - Mettre une couche, enduire, recouvrir, badigeonner, coucher, appliquer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bestreichen · bestreichen · French
bestreichen · 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 | bestreichen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bəˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bestreichen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bəˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for bestreichen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bestreichen, spelled B-E-S-T-R-E-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Mettre une couche, enduire, recouvrir, badigeonner, coucher, appliquer.
- 2Chemiser, napper, tartiner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bestreichen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Da lief der Wolf zu einem Bäcker und sprach: "Ich habe mich an den Fuß gestoßen, streich mir Teig darüber." Als ihm der Bäcker die Pfote bestrichen hatte, so lief er zum Müller.
Den Teig mit einem Nudelholz ausrollen, mit der Füllung bestreichen und vorsichtig aufrollen.
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.