benagen
German, verb/bəˈnaːɡn̩/
benagen is spelled B-E-N-A-G-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written German, the 423,336th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Benagen is a German verb meaning “to gnaw at” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(mit den Zähnen) an etwas knabbern”.
What does benagen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to gnaw at
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (mit den Zähnen) an etwas knabbern
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 benagen
- benagt present singular third-person
- benagte past
- haben auxiliary
- benagend participle present
- benage first-person indicative present
- benagst indicative present second-person
- benagest second-person singular subjunctive
- benaget plural second-person subjunctive
- benagten first-person indicative plural
- benagtest indicative preterite second-person
- benagtet indicative plural preterite
- benag imperative second-person singular
- habe benagt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben benagt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- benag! imperative singular
- benage! imperative singular
- benagt! imperative plural
- benagt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce benagen?
- /bəˈnaːɡn̩/
- [bəˈnaːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is benagen in German?
benagen appears about once in every 49 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).