benachrichtigen
German, verb/bəˈnaːχʁɪçtiɡən/
benachrichtigen is spelled B-E-N-A-C-H-R-I-C-H-T-I-G-E-N (15 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 24,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Benachrichtigen is a German verb meaning “to notify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden von etwas in Kenntnis setzen, jemandem eine Nachricht zukommen lassen”.
What does benachrichtigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to notify
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden von etwas in Kenntnis setzen, jemandem eine Nachricht zukommen lassen
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 benachrichtigen
- benachrichtigt present singular third-person
- benachrichtigte past
- haben auxiliary
- benachrichtigend participle present
- benachrichtige first-person indicative present
- benachrichtigst indicative present second-person
- benachrichtigest second-person singular subjunctive
- benachrichtiget plural second-person subjunctive
- benachrichtigten first-person indicative plural
- benachrichtigtest indicative preterite second-person
- benachrichtigtet indicative plural preterite
- benachrichtig imperative second-person singular
- habe benachrichtigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben benachrichtigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- benachrichtige! imperative singular
- benachrichtigt! imperative plural
- benachrichtigt haben active infinitive perfect
- benachrichtigt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce benachrichtigen?
- /bəˈnaːχʁɪçtiɡən/
- [bəˈnaːχʁɪçtʰɪɡŋ̍]
- [bəˈnaːxˌʁɪçtɪɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to benachrichtigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is benachrichtigen in German?
benachrichtigen appears 2.0 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).