beflecken
German, verb[bəˈflɛkn̩]
beflecken is spelled B-E-F-L-E-C-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 136,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beflecken is a German verb meaning “to stain, to discolor (e.g. a piece of clothing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einzelne Stellen von etwas beschmutzen, fleckig machen”.
What does beflecken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stain, to discolor (e.g. a piece of clothing)
- 2
to stain, to tarnish (e.g. reputation)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einzelne Stellen von etwas beschmutzen, fleckig machen 2. jemandes Ansehen schaden, jemandes Ehre herabsetzen
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 beflecken
- befleckt present singular third-person
- befleckte past
- haben auxiliary
- befleckend participle present
- beflecke first-person indicative present
- befleckst indicative present second-person
- befleckest second-person singular subjunctive
- beflecket plural second-person subjunctive
- befleckten first-person indicative plural
- beflecktest indicative preterite second-person
- beflecktet indicative plural preterite
- befleck imperative second-person singular
- habe befleckt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben befleckt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- befleck! imperative singular
- beflecke! imperative singular
- befleckt! imperative plural
- befleckt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beflecken?
- [bəˈflɛkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beflecken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beflecken in German?
beflecken appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).