belachen
German, verb/bəˈlaxən/
belachen is spelled B-E-L-A-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written German, the 549,996th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Belachen is a German verb meaning “to laugh at, to belaugh (in a friendly manner)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem oder etwas mit einer freundlichen Einstellung und einem Lachen begegnen”.
What does belachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to laugh at, to belaugh (in a friendly manner)
- 2
to laugh at, to belaugh (mockingly)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem oder etwas mit einer freundlichen Einstellung und einem Lachen begegnen 2. jemandem oder etwas mit einer ablehnenden Einstellung und einem (abwertenden, höhnischen) Lächeln begegnen
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 belachen
- belacht present singular third-person
- belachte past
- haben auxiliary
- belachend participle present
- belache first-person indicative present
- belachst indicative present second-person
- belachest second-person singular subjunctive
- belachet plural second-person subjunctive
- belachten first-person indicative plural
- belachtest indicative preterite second-person
- belachtet indicative plural preterite
- belach imperative second-person singular
- habe belacht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben belacht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- belach! imperative singular
- belache! imperative singular
- belacht! imperative plural
- belacht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce belachen?
- /bəˈlaxən/
- [bəˈlaxn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is belachen in German?
belachen appears about once in every 78 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).