Befragung
German, noun/bəˈfʁaːɡʊŋ/
Befragung is spelled B-E-F-R-A-G-U-N-G (9 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written German, the 8,847th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Befragung is a German feminine noun meaning “interrogation (act of interrogating or questioning)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Stellen von Fragen an Zeugen oder Verdächtige zu einem Unfall oder einem Verbrechen”.
What does Befragung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinterrogation (act of interrogating or questioning)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Stellen von Fragen an Zeugen oder Verdächtige zu einem Unfall oder einem Verbrechen 2. das Stellen von Fragen an eine Gruppe von Personen, um Informationen über Einstellungen, Meinungen, Wissen und Verhaltensweisen zu gewinnen (wissenschaftliche Methode der Empirischen Sozialforschung)
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 Befragung
- Befragungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Befragung?
- /bəˈfʁaːɡʊŋ/
- [bəˈfʁaːɡʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Befragung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Befragung in German?
Befragung appears 7.6 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).