begünstigen
German, verb
begünstigen is spelled B-E-G-Ü-N-S-T-I-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 24,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Begünstigen is a German verb meaning “to favor / favour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Begünstigen is a different word: “gerund of begünstigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “förderlich auf etwas oder auch jemanden wirken”.
What does begünstigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to favor / favour
- 2
to aid and abet
noun
- 1
neutergerund of begünstigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. förderlich auf etwas oder auch jemanden wirken 2. etwas oder jemanden deutlich besser behandeln und somit bevorzugen
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 begünstigen
- begünstigt present singular third-person
- begünstigte past
- haben auxiliary
- begünstigend participle present
- begünstige first-person indicative present
- begünstigst indicative present second-person
- begünstigest second-person singular subjunctive
- begünstiget plural second-person subjunctive
- begünstigten first-person indicative plural
- begünstigtest indicative preterite second-person
- begünstigtet indicative plural preterite
- begünstig imperative second-person singular
- habe begünstigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben begünstigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- begünstige! imperative singular
- begünstigt! imperative plural
- begünstigt haben active infinitive perfect
- begünstigt 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 begünstigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is begünstigen in German?
begünstigen appears 2.0 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).