behaupten
German, verb
behaupten is spelled B-E-H-A-U-P-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written German, the 2,820th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Behaupten is a German verb meaning “to claim, maintain, assert” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Behaupten is a different word: “gerund of behaupten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas sagen, was nicht stimmen muss oder gar unglaubwürdig ist”.
What does behaupten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to claim, maintain, assert
- 2
to stand one's ground
noun
- 1
neutergerund of behaupten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas sagen, was nicht stimmen muss oder gar unglaubwürdig ist 2. sich durchsetzen 3. etwas (militärisch oder auch mit Argumenten) verteidigen, gegen Feinde/einen sportlichen Gegner siegen
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 behaupten
- behauptet present singular third-person
- behauptete past
- haben auxiliary
- behauptend participle present
- behaupte first-person indicative present
- behauptest indicative present second-person
- behaupteten first-person indicative plural
- behauptetest indicative preterite second-person
- behauptetet indicative plural preterite
- behaupt imperative second-person singular
- habe behauptet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben behauptet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- behaupte! imperative singular
- behauptet! imperative plural
- behauptet haben active infinitive perfect
- behauptet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- behauptet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- behauptet 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 behaupten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is behaupten in German?
behaupten appears 29 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).