Bes
German, noun
Bes is spelled B-E-S (3 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written German, the 19,537th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bes is a German neuter noun meaning “B double flat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, bes. is a different word: “especially (esp.)”.
What does Bes mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterB double flat
adverb
- 1
especially (esp.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. besonders
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
English words that translate to Bes
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bes in German?
Bes appears 2.7 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).