bearbeiten
German, verb
bearbeiten is spelled B-E-A-R-B-E-I-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written German, the 7,590th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bearbeiten is a German verb meaning “to edit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Bearbeiten is a different word: “gerund of bearbeiten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Sache prüfend befinden und zum Beispiel gutheißen oder ablehnen”.
What does bearbeiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to edit
Jeder darf die Artikel bearbeiten.
- 2
to work on something
- 3
to process (documents, forms, etc.)
- 4
informalto take something to, to hit, to strike (repeatedly)
etwas mit dem Vorschlaghammer bearbeiten
noun
- 1
neutergerund of bearbeiten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Sache prüfend befinden und zum Beispiel gutheißen oder ablehnen 2. auf die Form von etwas verändernd einwirken 3. jemanden heftig (mit den Fäusten) schlagen 4. ein Musikinstrument unkundig spielen
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 bearbeiten
- bearbeitet present singular third-person
- bearbeitete past
- haben auxiliary
- bearbeitend participle present
- bearbeite first-person indicative present
- bearbeitest indicative present second-person
- bearbeiteten first-person indicative plural
- bearbeitetest indicative preterite second-person
- bearbeitetet indicative plural preterite
- bearbeit imperative second-person singular
- habe bearbeitet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben bearbeitet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bearbeite! imperative singular
- bearbeitet! imperative plural
- bearbeitet haben active infinitive perfect
- bearbeitet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- bearbeitet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- bearbeitet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bearbeiten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bearbeiten in German?
bearbeiten appears 9.1 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).