Befehl
German, noun
Befehl is spelled B-E-F-E-H-L (6 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written German, the 3,812th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Befehl is a German masculine noun meaning “command, order” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, befehl is a different word: “first-person singular present of befehlen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “verbindliche Anweisung (bei Militär, Polizei und ähnlichen)”.
What does Befehl mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecommand, order
- 2
masculinecommand
verb
- 1
colloquialfirst-person singular present of befehlen
- 2
colloquialsingular imperative of befehlen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. verbindliche Anweisung (bei Militär, Polizei und ähnlichen) 2. kleinste Funktionseinheit eines Programmes in der Datenverarbeitung
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 Befehl
- Befehles genitive
- Befehls genitive
- Befehle plural
- Befehlen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Befehl
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Befehl in German?
Befehl appears 21 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).