beigen
German, verb
beigen is spelled B-E-I-G-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 83,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beigen is a German verb meaning “to stack, pile up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of beige. With a capital, Beigen is a different word: “gerund of beigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(mehr oder weniger) ordentlich aufeinanderlegen, einen Stoß, Stapel bilden”.
What does beigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
Switzerlandto stack, pile up
Ich habe den Nachmittag damit verbracht, Brennholz zu beigen.
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
noun
- 1
neutergerund of beigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (mehr oder weniger) ordentlich aufeinanderlegen, einen Stoß, Stapel bilden
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 beigen
- beigt present singular third-person
- beigte past
- gebeigt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- beigend participle present
- beige first-person indicative present
- beigst indicative present second-person
- beigest second-person singular subjunctive
- beiget plural second-person subjunctive
- beigten first-person indicative plural
- beigtest indicative preterite second-person
- beigtet indicative plural preterite
- beig imperative second-person singular
- habe gebeigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gebeigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bieg past
- biege subjunctive-ii
- beig! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is beigen in German?
beigen 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).