befingern
German, verb/bəˈfɪŋɐn/
befingern is spelled B-E-F-I-N-G-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written German, the 406,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Befingern is a German verb meaning “to finger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit den Fingern berühren, oft auf probende oder auch zudringliche Weise”.
What does befingern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to finger
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit den Fingern berühren, oft auf probende oder auch zudringliche Weise
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 befingern
- befingert present singular third-person
- befingerte past
- haben auxiliary
- befingernd participle present
- befingre first-person indicative present
- befingere first-person indicative present
- befinger first-person indicative present
- befingerst indicative present second-person
- befingerest second-person singular subjunctive
- befingrest second-person singular subjunctive
- befingeret plural second-person subjunctive
- befingret plural second-person subjunctive
- befingerten first-person indicative plural
- befingertest indicative preterite second-person
- befingertet indicative plural preterite
- befinger! imperative singular
- befingere! imperative singular
- befingert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce befingern?
- /bəˈfɪŋɐn/
- [bəˈfɪŋɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is befingern in German?
befingern appears about once in every 46 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).