befristen
German, verb/bəˈfʁɪstn̩/
befristen is spelled B-E-F-R-I-S-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Befristen is a German verb meaning “to set a time limit on” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas zeitlich begrenzen”.
What does befristen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to set a time limit on
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas zeitlich begrenzen
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 befristen
- befristet present singular third-person
- befristete past
- haben auxiliary
- befristend participle present
- befriste first-person indicative present
- befristest indicative present second-person
- befristeten first-person indicative plural
- befristetest indicative preterite second-person
- befristetet indicative plural preterite
- befrist imperative second-person singular
- habe befristet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben befristet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- befriste! imperative singular
- befristet! imperative plural
- befristet haben active infinitive perfect
- befristet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- befristet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- befristet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce befristen?
- /bəˈfʁɪstn̩/
- [bəˈfʁɪstn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to befristen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is befristen in German?
befristen appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).