befähigen
German, verb[bəˈfɛːɪɡŋ̍]
befähigen is spelled B-E-F-Ä-H-I-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 44,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Befähigen is a German verb meaning “to enable, empower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden in die Lage versetzen, etwas zu tun”.
What does befähigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to enable, empower
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden in die Lage versetzen, etwas zu tun
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 befähigen
- befähigt present singular third-person
- befähigte past
- haben auxiliary
- befähigend participle present
- befähige first-person indicative present
- befähigst indicative present second-person
- befähigest second-person singular subjunctive
- befähiget plural second-person subjunctive
- befähigten first-person indicative plural
- befähigtest indicative preterite second-person
- befähigtet indicative plural preterite
- befähig imperative second-person singular
- habe befähigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben befähigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- befähig! imperative singular
- befähige! imperative singular
- befähigt! imperative plural
- befähigt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce befähigen?
- [bəˈfɛːɪɡŋ̍]
- [bəˈfeːɪɡŋ̍]
- [bəˈfɛːɪɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to befähigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is befähigen in German?
befähigen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).