Behemoth
German, noun/be.heˈmoːt/
Behemoth is spelled B-E-H-E-M-O-T-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 123,622nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Behemoth is a German masculine noun meaning “behemoth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ungeheuer der jüdisch-christlichen Mythologie”.
What does Behemoth mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebehemoth
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ungeheuer der jüdisch-christlichen Mythologie
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 Behemoth
- Behemoths genitive
- Behemot alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Behemoth?
- /be.heˈmoːt/
- /ˈbeːhe.moːt/
- [beheˈmoːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Behemoth
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Behemoth in German?
Behemoth 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).