Behauptung
German, noun/bəˈhaʊ̯ptʊŋ/
Behauptung is spelled B-E-H-A-U-P-T-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 5,079th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Behauptung is a German feminine noun meaning “claim, assertion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sprachliche Äußerung, mit der eine Tatsache vorgegeben wird, ohne dass dazu Beweise oder Begründungen…”.
What does Behauptung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclaim, assertion
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sprachliche Äußerung, mit der eine Tatsache vorgegeben wird, ohne dass dazu Beweise oder Begründungen geliefert werden
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 Behauptung
- Behauptungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Behauptung?
- /bəˈhaʊ̯ptʊŋ/
- [bəˈhaʊ̯ptʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Behauptung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Behauptung in German?
Behauptung appears 15 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).