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beheben

German, verb

beheben is spelled B-E-H-E-B-E-N (7 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written German, the 11,837th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beheben is a German verb meaning “to resolve, to fix (a problem, a mistake)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Beheben is a different word: “gerund of beheben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Schaden, einen Fehler beseitigen”.

What does beheben mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to resolve, to fix (a problem, a mistake)

  2. 2

    Austriato withdraw (money)

  3. 3

    Austriato pick something up

noun

as Beheben
  1. 1

    neutergerund of beheben

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. einen Schaden, einen Fehler beseitigen 2. Geld von einem Konto abbuchen, abheben

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 beheben

  • behebt present singular third-person
  • behob past
  • behub archaic past
  • behoben participle past
  • behöbe past subjunctive
  • behübe archaic past subjunctive
  • haben auxiliary
  • 6 strong
  • behebend participle present
  • behebe first-person indicative present
  • behebst indicative present second-person
  • behebest second-person singular subjunctive
  • behebet plural second-person subjunctive
  • behuben archaic first-person indicative
  • behöben first-person formal plural
  • behüben archaic first-person formal
  • behobst indicative preterite second-person
  • behubst archaic indicative preterite

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to beheben

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is beheben in German?

beheben appears 5.2 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).

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