bewahren

\bəˈvaːʁən\

/\bəˈvaːʁən\/ verb

The verdict

“bewahren” 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) - Préserver, garder, conserver.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bewahren · bewahren · French

bewahren · 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.

Key facts for bewahren
PropertyValue
Headwordbewahren
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bəˈvaːʁən\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bewahren » en français

bewahrensiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bewahren is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bəˈvaːʁən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

bewahren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bewahren, spelled B-E-W-A-H-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Préserver, garder, conserver.
  2. 2
    Protéger, empêcher de confronter un mal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bewahren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Scholz sollte auch deutlich machen, dass (...) Deutschland es als zentrale Herausforderung sieht, den friedlichen Status quo in der Straße von Taiwan zu bewahren und Peking von der Anwendung von Gewalt abzuschrecken.
  2. Leitendes Prinzip für Chamenei ist, den Geist der Islamischen Revolution von 1979 zu bewahren - und Raisi galt nicht nur ideologisch als linientreu; seine Biografie prädestinierte ihn für diese Rolle.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bewahren"?
"bewahren" is spelled B-E-W-A-H-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \bəˈvaːʁən\.
What does "bewahren" mean?
As a verb, "bewahren" means: Préserver, garder, conserver.
How do you pronounce "bewahren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bewahren" is \bəˈvaːʁən\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bewahren" come from?
"bewahren" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list