beschlafen
German, verb/bəˈʃlaːfn̩/
beschlafen is spelled B-E-S-C-H-L-A-F-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written German, the 458,101st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beschlafen is a German verb meaning “to sleep with” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit jemandem schlafen, Geschlechtsverkehr haben”.
What does beschlafen mean in English?
verb
- 1
datedto sleep with
- 2
to sleep on (a matter)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit jemandem schlafen, Geschlechtsverkehr haben 2. eine Entscheidung eine Nacht lang hinauszögern
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 beschlafen
- beschläft present singular third-person
- beschlief past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- beschlafend participle present
- beschlafe first-person indicative present
- beschläfst indicative present second-person
- beschlaft indicative plural present
- beschlafest second-person singular subjunctive
- beschlafet plural second-person subjunctive
- beschliefen first-person indicative plural
- beschliefe first-person formal rare
- beschliefst indicative preterite second-person
- beschlieft indicative plural preterite
- beschliefest formal rare second-person
- beschliefet formal plural rare
- beschlaf imperative second-person singular
- beschlafe! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beschlafen?
- /bəˈʃlaːfn̩/
- [bəˈʃlaːfn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is beschlafen in German?
beschlafen appears about once in every 56 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).