berichtigen
German, verb
berichtigen is spelled B-E-R-I-C-H-T-I-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,097th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Berichtigen is a German verb meaning “to correct” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Berichtigen is a different word: “gerund of berichtigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Fehler in etwas entfernen oder diese ansprechen und der richtigen Entsprechung gegenüberstellen”.
What does berichtigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to correct
noun
- 1
neutergerund of berichtigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Fehler in etwas entfernen oder diese ansprechen und der richtigen Entsprechung gegenüberstellen
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 berichtigen
- berichtigt present singular third-person
- berichtigte past
- haben auxiliary
- berichtigend participle present
- berichtige first-person indicative present
- berichtigst indicative present second-person
- berichtigest second-person singular subjunctive
- berichtiget plural second-person subjunctive
- berichtigten first-person indicative plural
- berichtigtest indicative preterite second-person
- berichtigtet indicative plural preterite
- berichtig imperative second-person singular
- habe berichtigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben berichtigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- berichtige! imperative singular
- berichtigt! imperative plural
- berichtigt haben active infinitive perfect
- berichtigt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is berichtigen in German?
berichtigen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).