Beistand
German, noun
Beistand is spelled B-E-I-S-T-A-N-D (8 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 18,843rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beistand is a German masculine noun meaning “assistance, aid, support” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, beistand is a different word: “first/third-person singular dependent preterite of beistehen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tätigkeit, mit der man jemandem behilflich ist; Verhalten, das zu jemandes Erfolg beiträgt”.
What does Beistand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineassistance, aid, support
Beistand leisten
noun
- 1
masculinecounsel
- 2
Austriadatedmasculinebest man
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular dependent preterite of beistehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tätigkeit, mit der man jemandem behilflich ist; Verhalten, das zu jemandes Erfolg beiträgt 2. Helfer bei bestimmten Rechtsangelegenheiten 3. Zeuge bei einer Trauung; Trauzeuge
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 Beistand
- Beistandes genitive
- Beistands genitive
- Beistände plural
- Beiständin feminine uncommon
- Beistande dative singular
- Beiständen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Beistand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Beistand in German?
Beistand appears 2.8 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).