benebeln
German, verb[bəˈneːbl̩n]
benebeln is spelled B-E-N-E-B-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Benebeln is a German verb meaning “to stupefy (to dull the capacity to think)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so beeinflussen (zum Beispiel durch Alkohol), dass eine Person nicht mehr richtig klar denken kann”.
What does benebeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stupefy (to dull the capacity to think)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. so beeinflussen (zum Beispiel durch Alkohol), dass eine Person nicht mehr richtig klar denken kann
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 benebeln
- benebelt present singular third-person
- benebelte past
- haben auxiliary
- benebelnd participle present
- beneble first-person indicative present
- benebele first-person indicative present
- benebel first-person indicative present
- benebelst indicative present second-person
- benebelest second-person singular subjunctive
- beneblest second-person singular subjunctive
- benebelet plural second-person subjunctive
- beneblet plural second-person subjunctive
- benebelten first-person indicative plural
- benebeltest indicative preterite second-person
- benebeltet indicative plural preterite
- benebel! imperative singular
- beneble! imperative singular
- benebelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce benebeln?
- [bəˈneːbl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is benebeln in German?
benebeln appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).