belauschen
German, verb
belauschen is spelled B-E-L-A-U-S-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 73,335th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Belauschen is a German verb meaning “to overhear, to eavesdrop on” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Belauschen is a different word: “gerund of belauschen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “heimlich ein Gespräch verfolgen”.
What does belauschen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to overhear, to eavesdrop on
noun
- 1
neutergerund of belauschen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. heimlich ein Gespräch verfolgen
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 belauschen
- belauscht present singular third-person
- belauschte past
- haben auxiliary
- belauschend participle present
- belausche first-person indicative present
- belauschst indicative present second-person
- belauschest second-person singular subjunctive
- belauschet plural second-person subjunctive
- belauschten first-person indicative plural
- belauschtest indicative preterite second-person
- belauschtet indicative plural preterite
- belausch imperative second-person singular
- habe belauscht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- belausche! imperative singular
- belauscht! imperative plural
- belauscht haben active infinitive perfect
- belauscht werden processual-passive infinitive present
- belauscht worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to belauschen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is belauschen in German?
belauschen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).