befremdet
German, adjective/bəˈfʁɛmdət/
befremdet is spelled B-E-F-R-E-M-D-E-T (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). Befremdet is a German adjective meaning “disconcerted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of befremden. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in unangenehmer Art und Weise berührt, erstaunt”.
What does befremdet mean in English?
adjective
- 1
disconcerted
verb
- 1
past participle of befremden
verb
- 1
third-person singular present
- 2
second-person plural present
- 3
plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in unangenehmer Art und Weise berührt, erstaunt
verb: 1. 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs befremden 2. 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens des Verbs befremden 3. 2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens des Verbs befremden 4. 2. Person Plural Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs befremden
verb: 1. Partizip Perfekt des Verbs befremden
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 befremdet
- befremdeter masculine nominative singular
- befremdete feminine nominative singular
- befremdetes neuter nominative singular
- befremdeten genitive masculine singular
- befremdetem dative masculine singular
- der befremdete definite includes-article masculine
- die befremdete definite feminine includes-article
- das befremdete definite includes-article neuter
- die befremdeten definite includes-article nominative
- des befremdeten definite genitive includes-article
- der befremdeten definite feminine genitive
- dem befremdeten dative definite includes-article
- den befremdeten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce befremdet?
- /bəˈfʁɛmdət/
- [bəˈfʁɛmdət]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to befremdet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is befremdet in German?
befremdet 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).