Beifang
German, noun[ˈbaɪ̯faŋ]
Beifang is spelled B-E-I-F-A-N-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 78,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beifang is a German masculine noun meaning “bycatch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit der unbeabsichtigt ins Netz gegangenen wirtschaftlich nicht verwertbaren Fische”.
What does Beifang mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebycatch
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit der unbeabsichtigt ins Netz gegangenen wirtschaftlich nicht verwertbaren Fische
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 Beifang
- Beifanges genitive
- Beifangs genitive
- Beifänge plural
- Beifange dative singular
- Beifängen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Beifang?
- [ˈbaɪ̯faŋ]
- [ˈbaɪ̯ˌfaŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Beifang
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Beifang in German?
Beifang appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).