beschwindeln
German, verb/bəˈʃvɪndl̩n/
beschwindeln is spelled B-E-S-C-H-W-I-N-D-E-L-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written German, the 423,336th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beschwindeln is a German verb meaning “to swindle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem bewusst die Unwahrheit sagen”.
What does beschwindeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to swindle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem bewusst die Unwahrheit sagen
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 beschwindeln
- beschwindelt present singular third-person
- beschwindelte past
- haben auxiliary
- beschwindelnd participle present
- beschwindle first-person indicative present
- beschwindele first-person indicative present
- beschwindel first-person indicative present
- beschwindelst indicative present second-person
- beschwindelest second-person singular subjunctive
- beschwindlest second-person singular subjunctive
- beschwindelet plural second-person subjunctive
- beschwindlet plural second-person subjunctive
- beschwindelten first-person indicative plural
- beschwindeltest indicative preterite second-person
- beschwindeltet indicative plural preterite
- beschwindle! imperative singular
- beschwindelt! imperative plural
- beschwindelt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beschwindeln?
- /bəˈʃvɪndl̩n/
- /bəˈʃvɪndəln/
- [bəˈʃvɪndl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beschwindeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beschwindeln in German?
beschwindeln appears about once in every 49 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).