belehrend
German, adjective[bəˈleːʁənt]
belehrend is spelled B-E-L-E-H-R-E-N-D (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Belehrend is a German adjective meaning “instructive, instructional (serving to teach information, typically a specific lesson)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of belehren (“to instruct, to teach”). The German Wiktionary defines it as “besserwisserisch, altklug, naseweis”.
What does belehrend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
instructive, instructional (serving to teach information, typically a specific lesson)
- 2
moralizing, patronizing, preachy (trying to instruct, often with a copmponent of morality, when doing so is regarded as disrespectful or arrogant)
verb
- 1
present participle of belehren (“to instruct, to teach”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. besserwisserisch, altklug, naseweis
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 belehrend
- belehrender masculine nominative singular
- am belehrendsten superlative
- belehrende feminine nominative singular
- belehrendes neuter nominative singular
- belehrenden genitive masculine singular
- belehrendem dative masculine singular
- der belehrende definite includes-article masculine
- die belehrende definite feminine includes-article
- das belehrende definite includes-article neuter
- die belehrenden definite includes-article nominative
- des belehrenden definite genitive includes-article
- der belehrenden definite feminine genitive
- dem belehrenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce belehrend?
- [bəˈleːʁənt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to belehrend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is belehrend in German?
belehrend appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).