beleihen
German, verb
beleihen is spelled B-E-L-E-I-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 172,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beleihen is a German verb meaning “to pawn (give as security for a loan)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Beleihen is a different word: “gerund of beleihen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf eine Sicherheit einen Kredit (Bargeld) geben”.
What does beleihen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pawn (give as security for a loan)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of beleihen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. auf eine Sicherheit einen Kredit (Bargeld) geben 2. etwas als Sicherheit für einen Kredit (Bargeld) geben
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 beleihen
- beleiht present singular third-person
- belieh past
- beliehen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- beleihend participle present
- beleihe first-person indicative present
- beleihst indicative present second-person
- beleihest second-person singular subjunctive
- beleihet plural second-person subjunctive
- beliehe first-person formal rare
- beliehst indicative preterite second-person
- belieht indicative plural preterite
- beliehest formal rare second-person
- beliehet formal plural rare
- beleih imperative second-person singular
- beleih! imperative singular
- beleihe! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to beleihen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beleihen in German?
beleihen appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).