belagern
German, verb
belagern is spelled B-E-L-A-G-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,845th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Belagern is a German verb meaning “to besiege” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Belagern is a different word: “gerund of belagern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine militärische Taktik anwenden, bei der eine feindliche Stellung umschlossen wird, um ihren Nachschub…”.
What does belagern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to besiege
noun
- 1
neutergerund of belagern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine militärische Taktik anwenden, bei der eine feindliche Stellung umschlossen wird, um ihren Nachschub abzuschneiden 2. etwas oder jemanden ausdauernd umringen
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 belagern
- belagert present singular third-person
- belagerte past
- haben auxiliary
- belagernd participle present
- belagre first-person indicative present
- belagere first-person indicative present
- belager first-person indicative present
- belagerst indicative present second-person
- belagerest second-person singular subjunctive
- belagrest second-person singular subjunctive
- belageret plural second-person subjunctive
- belagret plural second-person subjunctive
- belagerten first-person indicative plural
- belagertest indicative preterite second-person
- belagertet indicative plural preterite
- belager! imperative singular
- belagere! imperative singular
- belagert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to belagern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is belagern in German?
belagern appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).