Becher
German, noun
Becher is spelled B-E-C-H-E-R (6 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written German, the 8,046th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Becher is a German masculine noun meaning “a cylindrical or slightly conical drinking vessel without a stem, typically with no handle, beaker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, becher is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gefäß, mit oder aber oft ohne Henkel, zum Verwahren von Flüssigkeiten”.
What does Becher mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea cylindrical or slightly conical drinking vessel without a stem, typically with no handle, beaker
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gefäß, mit oder aber oft ohne Henkel, zum Verwahren von Flüssigkeiten 2. Inhalt eines solchen Trinkgefäßes 3. ein Sternbild südlich des Himmelsäquators
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 Becher
- Bechers genitive
- Becherchen diminutive neuter
- Becherlein diminutive neuter
- Bechern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Becher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Becher in German?
Becher appears 8.5 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).