Bestand
German, noun
Bestand is spelled B-E-S-T-A-N-D (7 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written German, the 1,972nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bestand is a German masculine noun meaning “stock, inventory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, bestand is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of bestehen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Menge von vorhandenen Gegenständen”.
What does Bestand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestock, inventory
- 2
masculineportfolio
- 3
masculinepopulation
- 4
masculinedurable existence, persistence; duration; continuance
- 5
Austriamasculinelease
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of bestehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs bestehen 2. 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs bestehen
noun: 1. Menge von vorhandenen Gegenständen 2. fortdauernde Existenz von etwas
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 Bestand
- Bestandes genitive
- Bestands genitive
- Bestände plural
- Bestande dative singular
- Beständen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Bestand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bestand in German?
Bestand appears 43 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).