beschrieben
German, adjective[bəˈʃʁiːbn̩]
beschrieben is spelled B-E-S-C-H-R-I-E-B-E-N (11 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written German, the 2,204th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beschrieben is a German adjective meaning “described, delineated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of beschreiben. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Text versehen, beschriftet worden”.
What does beschrieben mean in English?
adjective
- 1
described, delineated
verb
- 1
past participle of beschreiben
verb
- 1
first/third-person plural preterite
- 2
first/third-person plural subjunctive II
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit Text versehen, beschriftet worden 2. in Worten wiedergegeben, in einer Beschreibung zusammengefasst
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 beschrieben
- beschriebener masculine nominative singular
- beschriebene feminine nominative singular
- beschriebenes neuter nominative singular
- beschriebenen genitive masculine singular
- beschriebenem dative masculine singular
- der beschriebene definite includes-article masculine
- die beschriebene definite feminine includes-article
- das beschriebene definite includes-article neuter
- die beschriebenen definite includes-article nominative
- des beschriebenen definite genitive includes-article
- der beschriebenen definite feminine genitive
- dem beschriebenen dative definite includes-article
- den beschriebenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beschrieben?
- [bəˈʃʁiːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is beschrieben in German?
beschrieben appears 38 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).