beschweigen
German, verb[bəˈʃvaɪ̯ɡn̩]
beschweigen is spelled B-E-S-C-H-W-E-I-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written German, the 501,868th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beschweigen is a German verb meaning “to not talk about” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “über ein Thema nicht sprechen”.
What does beschweigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to not talk about
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. über ein Thema nicht sprechen
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 beschweigen
- beschweigt present singular third-person
- beschwieg past
- beschwiegen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- beschweigend participle present
- beschweige first-person indicative present
- beschweigst indicative present second-person
- beschweigest second-person singular subjunctive
- beschweiget plural second-person subjunctive
- beschwiege first-person formal rare
- beschwiegst indicative preterite second-person
- beschwiegt indicative plural preterite
- beschwiegest formal rare second-person
- beschwieget formal plural rare
- beschweig imperative second-person singular
- beschweige! imperative singular
- beschweigt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beschweigen?
- [bəˈʃvaɪ̯ɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is beschweigen in German?
beschweigen appears about once in every 66 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).