beenden
German, verb
beenden is spelled B-E-E-N-D-E-N (7 letters) and appears 24 times per million words in written German, the 3,371st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beenden is a German verb meaning “to finish, to complete, to (bring/put to an) end” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Beenden is a different word: “gerund of beenden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit etwas aufhören, etwas zum Abschluss bringen, eine Tätigkeit einstellen”.
What does beenden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to finish, to complete, to (bring/put to an) end
Die Ankündigung beendete die Spekulationen über die Zukunft des Unternehmens.
- 2
to terminate
- 3
to exit
noun
- 1
neutergerund of beenden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit etwas aufhören, etwas zum Abschluss bringen, eine Tätigkeit einstellen
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 beenden
- beendet present singular third-person
- beendete past
- haben auxiliary
- beendend participle present
- beende first-person indicative present
- beendest indicative present second-person
- beendeten first-person indicative plural
- beendetest indicative preterite second-person
- beendetet indicative plural preterite
- beend imperative second-person singular
- habe beendet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben beendet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- beende! imperative singular
- beendet! imperative plural
- beendet haben active infinitive perfect
- beendet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- beendet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- beendet 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 beenden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beenden in German?
beenden appears 24 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).