begleiten
German, verb
begleiten is spelled B-E-G-L-E-I-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written German, the 4,037th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Begleiten is a German verb meaning “to accompany” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Begleiten is a different word: “gerund of begleiten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem Geleit geben; mit jemandem mitgehen”.
What does begleiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to accompany
- 2
to conduct, escort
noun
- 1
neutergerund of begleiten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem Geleit geben; mit jemandem mitgehen 2. (mit einem Instrument) die Melodiestimme harmonisch und rhythmisch unterstützen 3. zusammen mit etwas geschehen; in Kombination vorkommen
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 begleiten
- begleitet present singular third-person
- begleitete past
- haben auxiliary
- begleitend participle present
- begleite first-person indicative present
- begleitest indicative present second-person
- begleiteten first-person indicative plural
- begleitetest indicative preterite second-person
- begleitetet indicative plural preterite
- begleit imperative second-person singular
- habe begleitet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben begleitet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- begleite! imperative singular
- begleitet! imperative plural
- begleitet haben active infinitive perfect
- begleitet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- begleitet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- begleitet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to begleiten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is begleiten in German?
begleiten appears 19 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).