bescheinen
German, verb/bəˈʃaɪ̯nən/
bescheinen is spelled B-E-S-C-H-E-I-N-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written German, the 406,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bescheinen is a German verb meaning “to shine on something, to illuminate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Licht auf etwas werfen, anstrahlen”.
What does bescheinen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shine on something, to illuminate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Licht auf etwas werfen, anstrahlen
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 bescheinen
- bescheint present singular third-person
- beschien past
- beschienen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- bescheinend participle present
- bescheine first-person indicative present
- bescheinst indicative present second-person
- bescheinest second-person singular subjunctive
- bescheinet plural second-person subjunctive
- beschiene first-person formal rare
- beschienst indicative preterite second-person
- beschient indicative plural preterite
- beschienest formal rare second-person
- beschienet formal plural rare
- beschein imperative second-person singular
- beschein! imperative singular
- bescheine! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bescheinen?
- Germany /bəˈʃaɪ̯nən/
- /beˈʃaɪ̯nɛn/
- [b̥e-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bescheinen in German?
bescheinen appears about once in every 46 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).