bellen
German, verb
bellen is spelled B-E-L-L-E-N (6 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written German, the 14,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bellen is a German verb meaning “like a canine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Bellen is a different word: “bark, barking (of a dog)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die für Hunde typischen stimmhaften Töne von sich geben”.
What does bellen mean in English?
verb
- 1
like a canine
- 2
in a rude, loud human voice
noun
- 1
neutergerund of bellen
- 2
neuterbark, barking (of a dog)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die für Hunde typischen stimmhaften Töne von sich geben 2. kurze, wütige Befehle ausstoßen 3. laut husten
noun: 1. bellendes Geräusch
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 bellen
- bellt present singular third-person
- bellte past
- gebellt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- bellend participle present
- belle first-person indicative present
- bellst indicative present second-person
- bellest second-person singular subjunctive
- bellet plural second-person subjunctive
- bellten first-person indicative plural
- belltest indicative preterite second-person
- belltet indicative plural preterite
- bell imperative second-person singular
- habe gebellt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gebellt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bell! imperative singular
- belle! imperative singular
- bellt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bellen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bellen in German?
bellen appears 4.1 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).