berauben
German, verb
berauben is spelled B-E-R-A-U-B-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Berauben is a German verb meaning “to rob” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Berauben is a different word: “gerund of berauben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem etwas, gegebenenfalls auch unter Androhung von Gewalt, wegnehmen”.
What does berauben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rob
Als sie am Bahnhof wartete, wurde sie ihres Schmucks beraubt.
- 2
to deprive
noun
- 1
neutergerund of berauben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem etwas, gegebenenfalls auch unter Androhung von Gewalt, wegnehmen 2. lose Gesteinsstücke, -schalen oder Kohlebrocken aus der Firste, den Stößen oder der Ortsbrust herunterreißen
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 berauben
- beraubt present singular third-person
- beraubte past
- haben auxiliary
- beraubend participle present
- beraube first-person indicative present
- beraubst indicative present second-person
- beraubest second-person singular subjunctive
- beraubet plural second-person subjunctive
- beraubten first-person indicative plural
- beraubtest indicative preterite second-person
- beraubtet indicative plural preterite
- beraub imperative second-person singular
- habe beraubt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben beraubt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- beraub! imperative singular
- beraube! imperative singular
- beraubt! imperative plural
- beraubt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to berauben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is berauben in German?
berauben appears 1.4 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).