begehrt
German, adjective[bəˈɡeːɐ̯t]
begehrt is spelled B-E-G-E-H-R-T (7 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written German, the 11,837th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Begehrt is a German adjective meaning “coveted, desirable, popular, sought-after” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of begehren. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine von vielen verlangte Person oder Sache”.
What does begehrt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
coveted, desirable, popular, sought-after
verb
- 1
past participle of begehren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine von vielen verlangte Person oder Sache
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 begehrt
- begehrter masculine nominative singular
- am begehrtesten superlative
- begehrte feminine nominative singular
- begehrtes neuter nominative singular
- begehrten genitive masculine singular
- begehrtem dative masculine singular
- der begehrte definite includes-article masculine
- die begehrte definite feminine includes-article
- das begehrte definite includes-article neuter
- die begehrten definite includes-article nominative
- des begehrten definite genitive includes-article
- der begehrten definite feminine genitive
- dem begehrten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce begehrt?
- [bəˈɡeːɐ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to begehrt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is begehrt in German?
begehrt appears 5.2 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).