beständig
German, adjective/bəˈʃtɛndɪç/
beständig is spelled B-E-S-T-Ä-N-D-I-G (9 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written German, the 15,068th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beständig is a German adjective meaning “constant, stable, steady, abiding, enduring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “anhaltend, gleichbleibend”.
What does beständig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
constant, stable, steady, abiding, enduring
Nichts ist so beständig wie der Wandel.
- 2
resistant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. anhaltend, gleichbleibend
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 beständig
- beständiger masculine nominative singular
- am beständigsten superlative
- beständige feminine nominative singular
- beständiges neuter nominative singular
- beständigen genitive masculine singular
- beständigem dative masculine singular
- der beständige definite includes-article masculine
- die beständige definite feminine includes-article
- das beständige definite includes-article neuter
- die beständigen definite includes-article nominative
- des beständigen definite genitive includes-article
- der beständigen definite feminine genitive
- dem beständigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beständig?
- /bəˈʃtɛndɪç/
- /bəˈʃtɛndɪk/
- [bəˈʃtɛndɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beständig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beständig in German?
beständig appears 3.8 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).