Bescheid
German, noun/bəˈʃaɪ̯t/
Bescheid is spelled B-E-S-C-H-E-I-D (8 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,891st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bescheid is a German masculine noun meaning “notification, information” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Nachricht über eine Entscheidung, oft auch deren schriftliche Form”.
What does Bescheid mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenotification, information
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nachricht über eine Entscheidung, oft auch deren schriftliche Form 2. Ahnung, etwas gut zu wissen oder zu können
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 Bescheid
- Bescheides genitive
- Bescheide plural
- Bescheiden dative definite plural
- Bescheids genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bescheid?
- /bəˈʃaɪ̯t/
- [bəˈʃaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bescheid
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bescheid in German?
Bescheid appears 28 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).