beschimpfen
German, verb/bəˈʃɪmpfən/
beschimpfen is spelled B-E-S-C-H-I-M-P-F-E-N (11 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,880th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beschimpfen is a German verb meaning “to insult, swear at, call names, abuse (verbally)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden durch Schimpfworte oder Schmähungen beleidigen”.
What does beschimpfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to insult, swear at, call names, abuse (verbally)
Sie haben sich gestritten, und jetzt beschimpfen sie sich gegenseitig.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden durch Schimpfworte oder Schmähungen beleidigen
noun: 1. die Handlung, jemanden mit einem Schimpfwort oder einer Schimpfkanonade zu beleidigen
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 beschimpfen
- beschimpft present singular third-person
- beschimpfte past
- haben auxiliary
- beschimpfend participle present
- beschimpfe first-person indicative present
- beschimpfst indicative present second-person
- beschimpfest second-person singular subjunctive
- beschimpfet plural second-person subjunctive
- beschimpften first-person indicative plural
- beschimpftest indicative preterite second-person
- beschimpftet indicative plural preterite
- beschimpf imperative second-person singular
- habe beschimpft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben beschimpft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- beschimpfe! imperative singular
- beschimpft! imperative plural
- beschimpft haben active infinitive perfect
- beschimpft werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beschimpfen?
- /bəˈʃɪmpfən/
- [bəˈʃɪmp͡fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beschimpfen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beschimpfen in German?
beschimpfen appears 2.5 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).