Befristung
German, noun/bəˈfʁɪstʊŋ/
Befristung is spelled B-E-F-R-I-S-T-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 35,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Befristung is a German feminine noun meaning “time limitation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zeitlicher Rahmen, innerhalb dessen etwas gilt oder geschehen soll”.
What does Befristung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetime limitation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zeitlicher Rahmen, innerhalb dessen etwas gilt oder geschehen soll
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 Befristung
- Befristungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Befristung?
- /bəˈfʁɪstʊŋ/
- [bəˈfʁɪstʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Befristung in German?
Befristung appears 1.2 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).