berichten
German, verb
berichten is spelled B-E-R-I-C-H-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears 41 times per million words in written German, the 2,063rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Berichten is a German verb meaning “to relate, to tell, to give an account of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Berichten is a different word: “dative plural of Bericht”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “über etwas informieren”.
What does berichten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to relate, to tell, to give an account of
- 2
to report (especially by the media or authorities)
Die Zeitungen berichteten der Welt gestern die ganze Geschichte.
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Bericht
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. über etwas informieren 2. jemanden unterrichten 3. jemandem oder dem Vorgesetzten Rechenschaft ablegen
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 berichten
- berichtet present singular third-person
- berichtete past
- haben auxiliary
- berichtend participle present
- berichte first-person indicative present
- berichtest indicative present second-person
- berichteten first-person indicative plural
- berichtetest indicative preterite second-person
- berichtetet indicative plural preterite
- bericht imperative second-person singular
- habe berichtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben berichtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- berichte! imperative singular
- berichtet! imperative plural
- berichtet haben active infinitive perfect
- berichtet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- berichtet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- berichtet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to berichten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is berichten in German?
berichten appears 41 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).