Beigabe
German, noun/ˈbaɪ̯ˌɡaːbə/
Beigabe is spelled B-E-I-G-A-B-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 71,199th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beigabe is a German feminine noun meaning “addition, accompaniment, adjunct, add-in” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Handlung, etwas dazuzutun”.
What does Beigabe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaddition, accompaniment, adjunct, add-in
- 2
feminineside dish
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Handlung, etwas dazuzutun 2. das, was dazugetan wurde 3. Kurzwort für Grabbeigabe: Gegenstand, der einem Verstorbenen bei seiner Beerdigung ins Grab mitgegeben wurde
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 Beigabe
- Beigaben plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Beigabe?
- /ˈbaɪ̯ˌɡaːbə/
- [ˈbaɪ̯ˌɡaːbə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Beigabe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Beigabe in German?
Beigabe appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).