begutachten
German, verb/bəˈɡuːtˌʔaχtn̩/
begutachten is spelled B-E-G-U-T-A-C-H-T-E-N (11 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,235th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Begutachten is a German verb meaning “to examine, assess” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(mit Sachverstand) genau überprüfen, oftmals so, dass eine schriftliche Beurteilung (ein Gutachten) erstellt…”.
What does begutachten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to examine, assess
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (mit Sachverstand) genau überprüfen, oftmals so, dass eine schriftliche Beurteilung (ein Gutachten) erstellt wird
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 begutachten
- begutachtet present singular third-person
- begutachtete past
- haben auxiliary
- begutachtend participle present
- begutachte first-person indicative present
- begutachtest indicative present second-person
- begutachteten first-person indicative plural
- begutachtetest indicative preterite second-person
- begutachtetet indicative plural preterite
- begutacht imperative second-person singular
- habe begutachtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben begutachtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- begutachte! imperative singular
- begutacht! imperative singular
- begutachtet! imperative plural
- begutachtet haben active infinitive perfect
- begutachtet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- begutachtet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce begutachten?
- /bəˈɡuːtˌʔaχtn̩/
- [bəˈɡuːtˌʔaxtn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to begutachten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is begutachten in German?
begutachten appears 1.7 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).