beneiden
German, verb/bəˈnaɪ̯dən/
beneiden is a German verb meaning “to envy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “neidisch sein; etwas haben wollen, das ein anderer hat”.
What does beneiden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to envy
- 2
to begrudge someone something
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. neidisch sein; etwas haben wollen, das ein anderer hat
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of beneiden
- beneidet present singular third-person
- beneidete past
- haben auxiliary
- beneidend participle present
- beneide first-person indicative present
- beneidest indicative present second-person
- beneideten first-person indicative plural
- beneidetest indicative preterite second-person
- beneidetet indicative plural preterite
- beneid imperative second-person singular
- habe beneidet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben beneidet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- benied past
- beneide! imperative singular
- beneidet! imperative plural
- benieden participle-2 perfect
- beneidet haben active infinitive perfect
- beneidet werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beneiden?
- /bəˈnaɪ̯dən/
- [bəˈnaɪ̯dn̩]
- [be̝ˈnaɪ̯de̝n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beneiden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beneiden in German?
beneiden appears 1.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).