besolden
German, verb/bəˈzɔldn̩/
besolden is spelled B-E-S-O-L-D-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written German, the 362,108th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Besolden is a German verb meaning “to pay a salary to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Entgelt (Sold) für Leistung im Arbeitsverhältnis/Dienstverhältnis bezahlen”.
What does besolden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pay a salary to
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Entgelt (Sold) für Leistung im Arbeitsverhältnis/Dienstverhältnis bezahlen
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 besolden
- besoldet present singular third-person
- besoldete past
- haben auxiliary
- besoldend participle present
- besolde first-person indicative present
- besoldest indicative present second-person
- besoldeten first-person indicative plural
- besoldetest indicative preterite second-person
- besoldetet indicative plural preterite
- besold imperative second-person singular
- habe besoldet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben besoldet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- besold! imperative singular
- besolde! imperative singular
- besoldet! imperative plural
- besoldet haben active infinitive perfect
- besoldet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- besoldet 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 besolden?
- /bəˈzɔldn̩/
- [bəˈzɔldn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is besolden in German?
besolden appears about once in every 37 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).