Bekanntschaft
German, noun/bəˈkantʃaft/
Bekanntschaft is spelled B-E-K-A-N-N-T-S-C-H-A-F-T (13 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written German, the 10,637th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bekanntschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “acquaintance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Beginn eines Kontakts oder einer persönlichen Beziehung”.
What does Bekanntschaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineacquaintance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Beginn eines Kontakts oder einer persönlichen Beziehung 2. Mensch oder Kreis von Menschen, die jemand kennt
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 Bekanntschaft
- Bekanntschaften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bekanntschaft?
- /bəˈkantʃaft/
- [bəˈkantʃaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bekanntschaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bekanntschaft in German?
Bekanntschaft appears 6.0 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).