beinahe
German, adverb/baɪ̯ˈnaːə/
beinahe is spelled B-E-I-N-A-H-E (7 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written German, the 3,122nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beinahe is a German adverb meaning “almost; nearly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “fast, sehr nahe an etwas heran”.
What does beinahe mean in English?
adverb
- 1
almost; nearly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. fast, sehr nahe an etwas heran
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 beinahe
- beinah alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beinahe?
- /baɪ̯ˈnaːə/
- [ˈbaɪ̯naːə]
- [ˈbaɪ̯ˈnaːə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beinahe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beinahe in German?
beinahe appears 26 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).