beabsichtigen
German, verb
beabsichtigen is spelled B-E-A-B-S-I-C-H-T-I-G-E-N (13 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beabsichtigen is a German verb meaning “to intend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Beabsichtigen is a different word: “gerund of beabsichtigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Absicht haben, etwas zu tun”.
What does beabsichtigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to intend
noun
- 1
neutergerund of beabsichtigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Absicht haben, etwas zu tun
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 beabsichtigen
- beabsichtigt present singular third-person
- beabsichtigte past
- haben auxiliary
- beabsichtigend participle present
- beabsichtige first-person indicative present
- beabsichtigst indicative present second-person
- beabsichtigest second-person singular subjunctive
- beabsichtiget plural second-person subjunctive
- beabsichtigten first-person indicative plural
- beabsichtigtest indicative preterite second-person
- beabsichtigtet indicative plural preterite
- beabsichtig imperative second-person singular
- habe beabsichtigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben beabsichtigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- beabsichtige! imperative singular
- beabsichtigt! imperative plural
- beabsichtigt haben active infinitive perfect
- beabsichtigt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to beabsichtigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beabsichtigen in German?
beabsichtigen appears 1.0 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).