behagen
German, verb
behagen is spelled B-E-H-A-G-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Behagen is a German verb meaning “to be to (someone's) liking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Behagen is a different word: “contentment, pleasure”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein wohliges, still vergnügliches Gefühl bereiten”.
What does behagen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be to (someone's) liking
noun
- 1
neutergerund of behagen
- 2
neutercontentment, pleasure
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein wohliges, still vergnügliches Gefühl bereiten 2. bei sich ein angenehmes, wohliges Gefühl verspüren, zufriedener Stimmung sein
noun: 1. Gefühl der Zufriedenheit
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 behagen
- behagt present singular third-person
- behagte past
- haben auxiliary
- behagend participle present
- behage first-person indicative present
- behagst indicative present second-person
- behagest second-person singular subjunctive
- behaget plural second-person subjunctive
- behagten first-person indicative plural
- behagtest indicative preterite second-person
- behagtet indicative plural preterite
- behag imperative second-person singular
- habe behagt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben behagt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- behag! imperative singular
- behage! imperative singular
- behagt! imperative plural
- behagt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is behagen in German?
behagen appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).