belasten
German, verb
belasten is spelled B-E-L-A-S-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written German, the 9,162nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Belasten is a German verb meaning “to burden” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Belasten is a different word: “gerund of belasten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “bewirken, dass etwas eine störende oder schädliche Wirkung auf etwas hat”.
What does belasten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to burden
- 2
to incriminate
- 3
to debit, to charge
noun
- 1
neutergerund of belasten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. bewirken, dass etwas eine störende oder schädliche Wirkung auf etwas hat 2. jemandem Schuld zuschreiben 3. jemandem oder etwas eine Last durch finanzielle Mittel auferlegen
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 belasten
- belastet present singular third-person
- belastete past
- haben auxiliary
- belastend participle present
- belaste first-person indicative present
- belastest indicative present second-person
- belasteten first-person indicative plural
- belastetest indicative preterite second-person
- belastetet indicative plural preterite
- belast imperative second-person singular
- habe belastet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben belastet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- belaste! imperative singular
- belastet! imperative plural
- belastet haben active infinitive perfect
- belastet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- belastet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- belastet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to belasten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is belasten in German?
belasten appears 7.2 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).