Bedacht
German, noun
Bedacht is spelled B-E-D-A-C-H-T (7 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written German, the 7,292nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bedacht is a German feminine noun meaning “care, consideration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, bedacht is a different word: “past participle of bedenken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “heute nur noch in den folgenden Wendungen üblich”.
What does Bedacht mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineproscribedcare, consideration
mit Bedacht
verb
- 1
past participle of bedenken
verb
- 1
past participle of bedachen
verb
- 1
third-person singular present
- 2
second-person plural present
- 3
plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. heute nur noch in den folgenden Wendungen üblich: 2. mit Überlegung, Umsicht, Sorgfalt 3. ohne Überlegung, Umsicht, Sorgfalt 4. voll Überlegung, Umsicht, Sorgfalt
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 Bedacht
- Bedachts genitive
- Bedachtes genitive
- Bedachte dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Bedacht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bedacht in German?
Bedacht appears 9.5 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).