beidrehen
German, verb
beidrehen is spelled B-E-I-D-R-E-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written German, the 362,108th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beidrehen is a German verb meaning “to heave to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Beidrehen is a different word: “gerund of beidrehen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Wasserfahrzeug so manövrieren, dass es ruhig liegen kann; die Fahrt aus dem Schiff nehmen”.
What does beidrehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to heave to
noun
- 1
neutergerund of beidrehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Wasserfahrzeug so manövrieren, dass es ruhig liegen kann; die Fahrt aus dem Schiff nehmen
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 beidrehen
- dreht bei present singular third-person
- drehte bei past
- beigedreht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- beidrehend participle present
- beizudrehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- drehe bei first-person indicative present
- drehen bei first-person indicative plural
- drehst bei indicative present second-person
- drehest bei second-person singular subjunctive
- drehet bei plural second-person subjunctive
- drehten bei first-person indicative plural
- drehtest bei indicative preterite second-person
- drehtet bei indicative plural preterite
- dreh bei! imperative singular
- drehe bei! imperative singular
- dreht bei! imperative plural
- beigedreht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is beidrehen in German?
beidrehen appears about once in every 37 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).