behindern
German, verb
behindern is spelled B-E-H-I-N-D-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written German, the 14,041st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Behindern is a German verb meaning “to hinder, to impede, to obstruct” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Behindern is a different word: “gerund of behindern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “stören, an etwas hindern, von etwas abhalten”.
What does behindern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hinder, to impede, to obstruct
geistig behindert
noun
- 1
neutergerund of behindern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. stören, an etwas hindern, von etwas abhalten
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 behindern
- behindert present singular third-person
- behinderte past
- haben auxiliary
- behindernd participle present
- behindre first-person indicative present
- behindere first-person indicative present
- behinder first-person indicative present
- behinderst indicative present second-person
- behinderest second-person singular subjunctive
- behindrest second-person singular subjunctive
- behinderet plural second-person subjunctive
- behindret plural second-person subjunctive
- behinderten first-person indicative plural
- behindertest indicative preterite second-person
- behindertet indicative plural preterite
- behindere! imperative singular
- behinder! imperative singular
- behindert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to behindern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is behindern in German?
behindern appears 4.2 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).