beherrscht
German, adjective[bəˈhɛɐ̯ʃt]
beherrscht is spelled B-E-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-T (10 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written German, the 7,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beherrscht is a German adjective meaning “restrained, self-controlled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of beherrschen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich in der Gewalt haben, seine Gefühle / Emotionen unter Kontrolle haben, kontrolliert sein”.
What does beherrscht mean in English?
adjective
- 1
restrained, self-controlled
- 2
ruled, governed, dominated
verb
- 1
past participle of beherrschen
verb
- 1
third-person singular present
- 2
second-person plural present
- 3
plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich in der Gewalt haben, seine Gefühle / Emotionen unter Kontrolle haben, kontrolliert sein
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 beherrscht
- beherrschter masculine nominative singular
- am beherrschtesten superlative
- beherrschte feminine nominative singular
- beherrschtes neuter nominative singular
- beherrschten genitive masculine singular
- beherrschtem dative masculine singular
- der beherrschte definite includes-article masculine
- die beherrschte definite feminine includes-article
- das beherrschte definite includes-article neuter
- die beherrschten definite includes-article nominative
- des beherrschten definite genitive includes-article
- der beherrschten definite feminine genitive
- dem beherrschten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beherrscht?
- [bəˈhɛɐ̯ʃt]
- [bəˈhɛʁʃt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beherrscht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beherrscht in German?
beherrscht appears 9.3 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).