beiziehen
German, verb/b̥aɛ̯ˈt͡siːn/
beiziehen is spelled B-E-I-Z-I-E-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 247,831st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beiziehen is a German verb meaning “to consult someone, to call in someone, to summon someone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “als Hilfe nutzen, um Rat fragen”.
What does beiziehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
AustriaSwitzerlandto consult someone, to call in someone, to summon someone
Das Gericht zog einen Sachverständigen bei.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. als Hilfe nutzen, um Rat fragen
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 beiziehen
- zieht bei present singular third-person
- zog bei past
- beigezogen participle past
- zöge bei past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 2 strong
- beiziehend participle present
- beizuziehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- ziehe bei first-person indicative present
- ziehen bei first-person indicative plural
- ziehst bei indicative present second-person
- ziehest bei second-person singular subjunctive
- ziehet bei plural second-person subjunctive
- zogen bei first-person indicative plural
- zögen bei first-person formal plural
- zogst bei indicative preterite second-person
- zogt bei indicative plural preterite
- zögest bei formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beiziehen?
- Austria /b̥aɛ̯ˈt͡siːn/
- Germany /baɪ̯ˈt͡siːən/
- [ˈbaɪ̯ˌt͡siːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is beiziehen in German?
beiziehen appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).