beschatten
German, verb/bəˈʃatn̩/
beschatten is spelled B-E-S-C-H-A-T-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 80,178th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beschatten is a German verb meaning “to shadow, beshade (give shade, cast a shadow over)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem/etwas einen Schatten verleihen”.
What does beschatten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shadow, beshade (give shade, cast a shadow over)
- 2
to shadow (secretly follow and observe)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem/etwas einen Schatten verleihen 2. jemanden heimlich überwachen; jemanden im Geheimen beobachten
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 beschatten
- beschattet present singular third-person
- beschattete past
- haben auxiliary
- beschattend participle present
- beschatte first-person indicative present
- beschattest indicative present second-person
- beschatteten first-person indicative plural
- beschattetest indicative preterite second-person
- beschattetet indicative plural preterite
- beschatt imperative second-person singular
- habe beschattet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben beschattet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- beschatte! imperative singular
- beschattet! imperative plural
- beschattet haben active infinitive perfect
- beschattet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- beschattet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- beschattet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beschatten?
- /bəˈʃatn̩/
- [bəˈʃatn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beschatten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beschatten in German?
beschatten appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).