beanstanden
German, verb
beanstanden is spelled B-E-A-N-S-T-A-N-D-E-N (11 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beanstanden is a German verb meaning “to query, complain about” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Beanstanden is a different word: “gerund of beanstanden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kritik üben an”.
What does beanstanden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to query, complain about
noun
- 1
neutergerund of beanstanden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Kritik üben an
verb: 1. Kritik üben an
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 beanstanden
- beanstandet present singular third-person
- beanstandete past
- haben auxiliary
- beanstandend participle present
- beanstande first-person indicative present
- beanstandest indicative present second-person
- beanstandeten first-person indicative plural
- beanstandetest indicative preterite second-person
- beanstandetet indicative plural preterite
- beanstand imperative second-person singular
- habe beanstandet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben beanstandet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- beanständen variant
- beanstande! imperative singular
- beanstandet! imperative plural
- beanstandet haben active infinitive perfect
- beanstandet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- beanstandet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is beanstanden in German?
beanstanden appears 1.2 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).