belustigen
German, verb/bəˈlʊstɪɡn̩/
belustigen is spelled B-E-L-U-S-T-I-G-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Belustigen is a German verb meaning “to poke fun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden erheitern, sodass er sich amüsiert”.
What does belustigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to poke fun
- 2
colloquialto amuse
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden erheitern, sodass er sich amüsiert 2. sich über etwas/jemanden lustig machen
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 belustigen
- belustigt present singular third-person
- belustigte past
- haben auxiliary
- belustigend participle present
- belustige first-person indicative present
- belustigst indicative present second-person
- belustigest second-person singular subjunctive
- belustiget plural second-person subjunctive
- belustigten first-person indicative plural
- belustigtest indicative preterite second-person
- belustigtet indicative plural preterite
- belustig imperative second-person singular
- habe belustigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben belustigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- belustige! imperative singular
- belustigt! imperative plural
- belustigt haben active infinitive perfect
- belustigt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce belustigen?
- /bəˈlʊstɪɡn̩/
- [bəˈlʊstɪɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to belustigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is belustigen in German?
belustigen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).