Besan
German, noun[beˈzaːn]
Besan is spelled B-E-S-A-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 321,814th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Besan is a German masculine noun meaning “mizzen, mizzensail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Segel, das am hinteren Mast befestigt ist”.
What does Besan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemizzen, mizzensail
- 2
masculinemizzen, mizzenmast
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Segel, das am hinteren Mast befestigt ist 2. Mast, der im hinteren Teil des Schiffes steht
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 Besan
- Besans genitive
- Besane plural
- Besanen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Besan?
- [beˈzaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Besan in German?
Besan appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).