begnadigen
German, verb
begnadigen is spelled B-E-G-N-A-D-I-G-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 92,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Begnadigen is a German verb meaning “to pardon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Begnadigen is a different word: “gerund of begnadigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Strafe erlassen, vermindern”.
What does begnadigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pardon
noun
- 1
neutergerund of begnadigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Strafe erlassen, vermindern
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 begnadigen
- begnadigt present singular third-person
- begnadigte past
- haben auxiliary
- begnadigend participle present
- begnadige first-person indicative present
- begnadigst indicative present second-person
- begnadigest second-person singular subjunctive
- begnadiget plural second-person subjunctive
- begnadigten first-person indicative plural
- begnadigtest indicative preterite second-person
- begnadigtet indicative plural preterite
- begnadig imperative second-person singular
- habe begnadigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben begnadigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- begnadige! imperative singular
- begnadigt! imperative plural
- begnadigt haben active infinitive perfect
- begnadigt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to begnadigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is begnadigen in German?
begnadigen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).