beiläufig
German, adjective/ˈbaɪ̯ˌlɔɪ̯fɪç/
beiläufig is spelled B-E-I-L-Ä-U-F-I-G (9 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,576th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beiläufig is a German adjective meaning “incidental” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nebenbei, wie zufällig erwähnt”.
What does beiläufig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
incidental
- 2
Austriaabout, approximately
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nebenbei, wie zufällig erwähnt 2. ungefähr, etwa
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 beiläufig
- beiläufiger masculine nominative singular
- am beiläufigsten superlative
- beiläufige feminine nominative singular
- beiläufiges neuter nominative singular
- beiläufigen genitive masculine singular
- beiläufigem dative masculine singular
- der beiläufige definite includes-article masculine
- die beiläufige definite feminine includes-article
- das beiläufige definite includes-article neuter
- die beiläufigen definite includes-article nominative
- des beiläufigen definite genitive includes-article
- der beiläufigen definite feminine genitive
- dem beiläufigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beiläufig?
- /ˈbaɪ̯ˌlɔɪ̯fɪç/
- /ˈbaɪ̯ˌlɔɪ̯fɪk/
- [ˈbaɪ̯ˌlɔɪ̯fɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beiläufig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beiläufig in German?
beiläufig appears 1.6 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).