beleuchten
German, verb
beleuchten is spelled B-E-L-E-U-C-H-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 16,945th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beleuchten is a German verb meaning “to light (up), to illuminate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Beleuchten is a different word: “gerund of beleuchten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas mit Licht anstrahlen”.
What does beleuchten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to light (up), to illuminate
- 2
to examine, to analyse, to shine a light on
noun
- 1
neutergerund of beleuchten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas mit Licht anstrahlen 2. sich gedanklich mit etwas untersuchend beschäftigen
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 beleuchten
- beleuchtet present singular third-person
- beleuchtete past
- haben auxiliary
- beleuchtend participle present
- beleuchte first-person indicative present
- beleuchtest indicative present second-person
- beleuchteten first-person indicative plural
- beleuchtetest indicative preterite second-person
- beleuchtetet indicative plural preterite
- beleucht imperative second-person singular
- habe beleuchtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben beleuchtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- beleuchte! imperative singular
- beleuchtet! imperative plural
- beleuchtet haben active infinitive perfect
- beleuchtet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- beleuchtet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- beleuchtet 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 beleuchten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beleuchten in German?
beleuchten appears 3.2 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).