beobachten
German, verb/bəˈoːbaxtən/
beobachten is spelled B-E-O-B-A-C-H-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beobachten is a German verb meaning “to watch, to observe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “genau betrachten, überwachen”.
What does beobachten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to watch, to observe
Sie werden beobachtet.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. genau betrachten, überwachen 2. wahrnehmen oder messen 3. beachten
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 beobachten
- beobachtet present singular third-person
- beobachtete past
- haben auxiliary
- beobachtend participle present
- beobachte first-person indicative present
- beobachtest indicative present second-person
- beobachteten first-person indicative plural
- beobachtetest indicative preterite second-person
- beobachtetet indicative plural preterite
- beobacht imperative second-person singular
- habe beobachtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben beobachtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- beob. abbreviation
- beobachte! imperative singular
- beobachtet! imperative plural
- beobachtet haben active infinitive perfect
- beobachtet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- beobachtet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beobachten?
- /bəˈoːbaxtən/
- [bəˈʔoː.baχ.tn̩]
- /bəˈoːpˌaxtən/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beobachten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beobachten in German?
beobachten appears 32 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).