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befriedigend

German, adjective[bəˈfʁiːdɪɡn̩t]

befriedigend is spelled B-E-F-R-I-E-D-I-G-E-N-D (12 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,305th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Befriedigend is a German adjective meaning “satisfying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of befriedigen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass es die Beteiligten zufrieden macht”.

What does befriedigend mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    satisfying

  2. 2

    the number grade 3 (on a scale from 1 to 6)

verb

  1. 1

    present participle of befriedigen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. so, dass es die Beteiligten zufrieden macht 2. die Notenstufe 3, offiziell großgeschrieben: Befriedigend 3. die Schulnote 3

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 befriedigend

  • befriedigender masculine nominative singular
  • am befriedigendsten superlative
  • befriedigende feminine nominative singular
  • befriedigendes neuter nominative singular
  • befriedigenden genitive masculine singular
  • befriedigendem dative masculine singular
  • der befriedigende definite includes-article masculine
  • die befriedigende definite feminine includes-article
  • das befriedigende definite includes-article neuter
  • die befriedigenden definite includes-article nominative
  • des befriedigenden definite genitive includes-article
  • der befriedigenden definite feminine genitive
  • dem befriedigenden dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce befriedigend?

  • [bəˈfʁiːdɪɡn̩t]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to befriedigend

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is befriedigend in German?

befriedigend appears 2.2 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).

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