Bein
German, noun/baɪ̯n/
Bein is spelled B-E-I-N (4 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written German, the 3,812th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bein is a German neuter noun meaning “leg of a person, animal, or object” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Extremität zum Laufen und Stehen”.
What does Bein mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterleg of a person, animal, or object
- 2
archaicneuterbone
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Extremität zum Laufen und Stehen 2. Teil von Möbeln, der zum Stehen auf dem Untergrund/Boden dient 3. Hosenbein 4. Knochen
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 Bein
- Beines genitive
- Beins genitive
- Beine plural
- Beinchen diminutive neuter
- Beinen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bein?
- /baɪ̯n/
- [baɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bein in German?
Bein appears 21 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).