befähigt
German, adjective/bəˈfɛːɪçt/
befähigt is spelled B-E-F-Ä-H-I-G-T (8 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,120th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Befähigt is a German adjective meaning “gifted, capable, suitable, competent, fit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of befähigen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine besondere Fähigkeit, Qualifikation oder Talent für etwas aufweisend”.
What does befähigt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
gifted, capable, suitable, competent, fit
verb
- 1
past participle of befähigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine besondere Fähigkeit, Qualifikation oder Talent für etwas aufweisend
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 befähigt
- befähigter masculine nominative singular
- am befähigtsten superlative
- befähigte feminine nominative singular
- befähigtes neuter nominative singular
- befähigten genitive masculine singular
- befähigtem dative masculine singular
- der befähigte definite includes-article masculine
- die befähigte definite feminine includes-article
- das befähigte definite includes-article neuter
- die befähigten definite includes-article nominative
- des befähigten definite genitive includes-article
- der befähigten definite feminine genitive
- dem befähigten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce befähigt?
- /bəˈfɛːɪçt/
- /bəˈfeːɪçt/
- [bəˈfɛːɪçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to befähigt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is befähigt in German?
befähigt appears 1.6 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).