befremden
German, verb
befremden is spelled B-E-F-R-E-M-D-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Befremden is a German verb meaning “to alienate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Befremden is a different word: “disconcertment, displeasure”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in unangenehmer, fremdartiger Weise berühren oder verwundern”.
What does befremden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to alienate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of befremden
- 2
neuterdisconcertment, displeasure
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in unangenehmer, fremdartiger Weise berühren oder verwundern
noun: 1. unangenehme Verwunderung
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 befremden
- befremdet present singular third-person
- befremdete past
- haben auxiliary
- befremdend participle present
- befremde first-person indicative present
- befremdest indicative present second-person
- befremdeten first-person indicative plural
- befremdetest indicative preterite second-person
- befremdetet indicative plural preterite
- befremd imperative second-person singular
- habe befremdet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben befremdet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- befremde! imperative singular
- befremdet! imperative plural
- befremdet haben active infinitive perfect
- befremdet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- befremdet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- befremdet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to befremden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is befremden in German?
befremden appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).