beherzigen
German, verb/bəˈhɛʁt͡sɪɡn̩/
beherzigen is spelled B-E-H-E-R-Z-I-G-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,845th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beherzigen is a German verb meaning “to take to heart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Rat, Umstand oder Anweisung mit großer Ernsthaftigkeit annehmen, befolgen oder einhalten”.
What does beherzigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to take to heart
- 2
to heed
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Rat, Umstand oder Anweisung mit großer Ernsthaftigkeit annehmen, befolgen oder einhalten
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 beherzigen
- beherzigt present singular third-person
- beherzigte past
- haben auxiliary
- beherzigend participle present
- beherzige first-person indicative present
- beherzigst indicative present second-person
- beherzigest second-person singular subjunctive
- beherziget plural second-person subjunctive
- beherzigten first-person indicative plural
- beherzigtest indicative preterite second-person
- beherzigtet indicative plural preterite
- beherzig imperative second-person singular
- habe beherzigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben beherzigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- beherzig! imperative singular
- beherzige! imperative singular
- beherzigt! imperative plural
- beherzigt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beherzigen?
- /bəˈhɛʁt͡sɪɡn̩/
- [bəˈhɛʁt͡sɪɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beherzigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beherzigen in German?
beherzigen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).