Beerdigung
German, noun/bəˈʔeːɐ̯dɪɡʊŋ/
Beerdigung is spelled B-E-E-R-D-I-G-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written German, the 11,619th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beerdigung is a German feminine noun meaning “burial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “meist feierliche Beisetzung der sterblichen Überreste eines Toten in der Erde”.
What does Beerdigung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineburial
- 2
femininefuneral
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. meist feierliche Beisetzung der sterblichen Überreste eines Toten in der Erde
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 Beerdigung
- Beerdigungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Beerdigung?
- /bəˈʔeːɐ̯dɪɡʊŋ/
- [bəˈʔeːɐ̯dɪɡʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Beerdigung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Beerdigung in German?
Beerdigung appears 5.4 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).