beim
German, contraction/baɪ̯m/
beim is spelled B-E-I-M (4 letters) and appears 871 times per million words in written German, the 116th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beim is a German contraction meaning “contraction of bei + dem: at the, by the, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does beim mean in English?
contraction
- 1
contraction of bei + dem: at the, by the, etc.
Das Postamt befindet sich beim Hauptbahnhof.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Zusammenfluss von Präposition und bestimmtem Artikel (Dativ): bei dem
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 beim
- b. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beim?
- /baɪ̯m/
- [baɪ̯m]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is beim in German?
beim appears 871 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).