Beherrschung
German, noun/bəˈhɛʁʃʊŋ/
Beherrschung is spelled B-E-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-U-N-G (12 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beherrschung is a German feminine noun meaning “restraint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Ausüben der Kontrolle über etwas/jemanden”.
What does Beherrschung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerestraint
- 2
femininemastering, mastery
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Ausüben der Kontrolle über etwas/jemanden 2. Fähigkeit zur Kontrolle über sich selbst 3. umfassendes Wissen über ein Themengebiet
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Beherrschung?
- /bəˈhɛʁʃʊŋ/
- [bəˈhɛʁʃʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Beherrschung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Beherrschung in German?
Beherrschung appears 1.9 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).