begatten
German, verb/bəˈɡatən/
begatten is spelled B-E-G-A-T-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 125,379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Begatten is a German verb meaning “to mate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Geschlechtsverkehr mit einem weiblichen Individuum (zumeist derselben Art) vollziehen”.
What does begatten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mate
- 2
to copulate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den Geschlechtsverkehr mit einem weiblichen Individuum (zumeist derselben Art) vollziehen 2. die geschlechtliche Vereinigung miteinander vollziehen 3. verheiraten, vermählen
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 begatten
- begattet present singular third-person
- begattete past
- haben auxiliary
- begattend participle present
- begatte first-person indicative present
- begattest indicative present second-person
- begatteten first-person indicative plural
- begattetest indicative preterite second-person
- begattetet indicative plural preterite
- begatt imperative second-person singular
- habe begattet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben begattet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- begatte! imperative singular
- begattet! imperative plural
- begattet haben transitive active infinitive
- begattet werden transitive processual-passive infinitive
- begattet worden sein transitive processual-passive infinitive
- begattet sein transitive statal-passive infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce begatten?
- /bəˈɡatən/
- [bəˈɡatn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is begatten in German?
begatten appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).