bescheinigen
German, verb/bəˈʃaɪ̯nɪɡən/
bescheinigen is spelled B-E-S-C-H-E-I-N-I-G-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bescheinigen is a German verb meaning “to attest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schriftlich bestätigen”.
What does bescheinigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to attest
- 2
to certify
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. schriftlich bestätigen 2. etwas für richtig erklären, eine bestimmte Eigenschaft anerkennen
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 bescheinigen
- bescheinigt present singular third-person
- bescheinigte past
- haben auxiliary
- bescheinigend participle present
- bescheinige first-person indicative present
- bescheinigst indicative present second-person
- bescheinigest second-person singular subjunctive
- bescheiniget plural second-person subjunctive
- bescheinigten first-person indicative plural
- bescheinigtest indicative preterite second-person
- bescheinigtet indicative plural preterite
- bescheinig imperative second-person singular
- habe bescheinigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben bescheinigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bescheinig! imperative singular
- bescheinige! imperative singular
- bescheinigt! imperative plural
- bescheinigt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bescheinigen?
- /bəˈʃaɪ̯nɪɡən/
- [bəˈʃaɪ̯nɪɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bescheinigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bescheinigen in German?
bescheinigen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).