Beiwagen
German, noun/ˈbaɪ̯ˌvaːɡn̩/
Beiwagen is spelled B-E-I-W-A-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 81,387th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beiwagen is a German masculine noun meaning “sidecar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleines Fahrzeug, das seitlich an einem Motorrad angebracht ist”.
What does Beiwagen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesidecar
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleines Fahrzeug, das seitlich an einem Motorrad angebracht ist 2. Wagen ohne eigenen Antrieb (Anhänger) bei Schienenfahrzeugen (Straßenbahn, U-Bahn)
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 Beiwagen
- Beiwagens genitive
- Beiwägen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Beiwagen?
- /ˈbaɪ̯ˌvaːɡn̩/
- [ˈbaɪ̯ˌvaːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Beiwagen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Beiwagen in German?
Beiwagen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).