befüllen
German, verb
befüllen is spelled B-E-F-Ü-L-L-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 42,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Befüllen is a German verb meaning “to fill something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Befüllen is a different word: “gerund of befüllen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Behälter voll machen”.
What does befüllen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fill something
noun
- 1
neutergerund of befüllen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Behälter voll machen
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 befüllen
- befüllt present singular third-person
- befüllte past
- haben auxiliary
- befüllend participle present
- befülle first-person indicative present
- befüllst indicative present second-person
- befüllest second-person singular subjunctive
- befüllet plural second-person subjunctive
- befüllten first-person indicative plural
- befülltest indicative preterite second-person
- befülltet indicative plural preterite
- befüll imperative second-person singular
- habe befüllt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben befüllt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- befüll! imperative singular
- befülle! imperative singular
- befüllt! imperative plural
- befüllt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is befüllen in German?
befüllen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).