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bedenken

German, verb

bedenken is spelled B-E-D-E-N-K-E-N (8 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,891st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bedenken is a German verb meaning “to consider, bethink” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Bedenken is a different word: “concern, objection”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich gedanklich mit etwas auseinandersetzen”.

What does bedenken mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to consider, bethink

  2. 2

    to keep in mind

  3. 3

    to remember (someone) in one's will; to gift (someone) with; to treat (someone) to

  4. 4

    to think; consider (before making a decision)

noun

as Bedenken
  1. 1

    neutergerund of bedenken

  2. 2

    neuterconcern, objection

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. das Erwägen von etwas, das Nachdenken über etwas 2. aufgrund von Nachdenken entstandener Vorbehalt, Zweifel

verb: 1. sich gedanklich mit etwas auseinandersetzen 2. jemandem etwas zukommen lassen, jemandem etwas schenken 3. etwas für sich überlegen

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 bedenken

  • bedenkt present singular third-person
  • bedachte past
  • bedacht participle past
  • bedächte past subjunctive
  • haben auxiliary
  • bedenkend participle present
  • bedenke first-person indicative present
  • bedenkst indicative present second-person
  • bedenkest second-person singular subjunctive
  • bedenket plural second-person subjunctive
  • bedachten first-person indicative plural
  • bedächten first-person formal plural
  • bedachtest indicative preterite second-person
  • bedachtet indicative plural preterite
  • bedächtest formal rare second-person
  • bedächtet formal plural rare
  • bedenk imperative second-person singular
  • habe bedacht first-person indicative multiword-construction

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to bedenken

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bedenken in German?

bedenken appears 28 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).

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