beschriften
German, verb[bəˈʃʁɪftn̩]
beschriften is spelled B-E-S-C-H-R-I-F-T-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 74,397th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beschriften is a German verb meaning “to label (by writing on it, or by using a written label)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einer erklärenden Beschreibung, mit Text versehen”.
What does beschriften mean in English?
verb
- 1
to label (by writing on it, or by using a written label)
Sie hatte vergessen, die CD zu beschriften.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit einer erklärenden Beschreibung, mit Text versehen
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 beschriften
- beschriftet present singular third-person
- beschriftete past
- haben auxiliary
- beschriftend participle present
- beschrifte first-person indicative present
- beschriftest indicative present second-person
- beschrifteten first-person indicative plural
- beschriftetest indicative preterite second-person
- beschriftetet indicative plural preterite
- beschrift imperative second-person singular
- habe beschriftet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben beschriftet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- beschrift! imperative singular
- beschrifte! imperative singular
- beschriftet! imperative plural
- beschriftet haben active infinitive perfect
- beschriftet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- beschriftet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beschriften?
- [bəˈʃʁɪftn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beschriften
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beschriften in German?
beschriften appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).