besingen
German, verb/bəˈzɪŋən/
besingen is spelled B-E-S-I-N-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 64,132nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Besingen is a German verb meaning “to extol, praise, celebrate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden oder etwas lobend in einem Lied oder Gedicht erwähnen”.
What does besingen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to extol, praise, celebrate
Homer besang die Heldentaten des Odysseus.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden oder etwas lobend in einem Lied oder Gedicht erwähnen
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 besingen
- besingt present singular third-person
- besang past
- besungen participle past
- besänge past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- besingend participle present
- besinge first-person indicative present
- besingst indicative present second-person
- besingest second-person singular subjunctive
- besinget plural second-person subjunctive
- besangen first-person indicative plural
- besängen first-person formal plural
- besangst indicative preterite second-person
- besangt indicative plural preterite
- besängest formal rare second-person
- besängst formal rare second-person
- besänget formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce besingen?
- /bəˈzɪŋən/
- [bəˈzɪŋən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is besingen in German?
besingen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).