befriedigen
German, verb
befriedigen is spelled B-E-F-R-I-E-D-I-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written German, the 13,339th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Befriedigen is a German verb meaning “to satisfy, to gratify, to please” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Befriedigen is a different word: “gerund of befriedigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Erwartungen oder Bedürfnisse von jemandem oder etwas erfüllen”.
What does befriedigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to satisfy, to gratify, to please
- 2
to satisfy, meet (e.g. needs or requirements)
- 3
to masturbate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of befriedigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Erwartungen oder Bedürfnisse von jemandem oder etwas erfüllen 2. jemanden sexuell befriedigen 3. onanieren, masturbieren
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 befriedigen
- befriedigt present singular third-person
- befriedigte past
- haben auxiliary
- befriedigend participle present
- befriedige first-person indicative present
- befriedigst indicative present second-person
- befriedigest second-person singular subjunctive
- befriediget plural second-person subjunctive
- befriedigten first-person indicative plural
- befriedigtest indicative preterite second-person
- befriedigtet indicative plural preterite
- befriedig imperative second-person singular
- habe befriedigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben befriedigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- befriedige! imperative singular
- befriedigt! imperative plural
- befriedigt haben active infinitive perfect
- befriedigt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to befriedigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is befriedigen in German?
befriedigen appears 4.5 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).