betragen
\bəˈtʁaːɡn̩\
The verdict
“betragen” 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) - Représenter (une valeur), s'élever à.
Corpus desk
Index FR-betragen · betragen · French
betragen · 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 | betragen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bəˈtʁaːɡn̩\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
betragen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bəˈtʁaːɡn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for betragen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 betragen, spelled B-E-T-R-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Représenter (une valeur), s'élever à.
- 2Se tenir, bien se comporter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how betragen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Inflationsrate betrug im Mai 2,5 Prozent.
Vor zwei Wochen unterschrieb (Karim Benzema) beim saudischen Meister Al-Ittihad. Nach eigener Aussage, weil er einmal in einem muslimischen Land leben wollte. Aber auch das Gehalt könnte eine winzige Rolle gespielt haben. Pro Jahr soll es je nach Quelle zwischen 50 und 200 Millionen Euro betragen.
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.