beschädigen
German, verb/bəˈʃɛːdiɡən/
beschädigen is spelled B-E-S-C-H-Ä-D-I-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beschädigen is a German verb meaning “to damage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas einen Schaden zufügen”.
What does beschädigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to damage
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas einen Schaden zufügen
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 beschädigen
- beschädigt present singular third-person
- beschädigte past
- haben auxiliary
- beschädigend participle present
- beschädige first-person indicative present
- beschädigst indicative present second-person
- beschädigest second-person singular subjunctive
- beschädiget plural second-person subjunctive
- beschädigten first-person indicative plural
- beschädigtest indicative preterite second-person
- beschädigtet indicative plural preterite
- beschädig imperative second-person singular
- habe beschädigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben beschädigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- beschädige! imperative singular
- beschädigt! imperative plural
- beschädigt haben active infinitive perfect
- beschädigt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beschädigen?
- /bəˈʃɛːdiɡən/
- /-diɡŋ/
- /bəˈʃeː-/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beschädigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beschädigen in German?
beschädigen appears 2.2 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).