belehnen
German, verb[bəˈleːnən]
belehnen is spelled B-E-L-E-H-N-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 289,823rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Belehnen is a German verb meaning “to enfeoff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit geliehenem Grundbesitz (einem Lehen) ausstatten”.
What does belehnen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to enfeoff
- 2
AustriaSwitzerlandto lend
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit geliehenem Grundbesitz (einem Lehen) ausstatten 2. etwas als Pfand an sich nehmen und dafür einen finanziellen Betrag herausgeben
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 belehnen
- belehnt present singular third-person
- belehnte past
- haben auxiliary
- belehnend participle present
- belehne first-person indicative present
- belehnst indicative present second-person
- belehnest second-person singular subjunctive
- belehnet plural second-person subjunctive
- belehnten first-person indicative plural
- belehntest indicative preterite second-person
- belehntet indicative plural preterite
- belehn imperative second-person singular
- habe belehnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben belehnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- belehn! imperative singular
- belehne! imperative singular
- belehnt! imperative plural
- belehnt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce belehnen?
- [bəˈleːnən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to belehnen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is belehnen in German?
belehnen appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).