bestärken
German, verb[bəˈʃtɛʁkn̩]
bestärken is spelled B-E-S-T-Ä-R-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 37,432nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bestärken is a German verb meaning “to strengthen, to encourage, to fortify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden in einer Haltung, einem Vorhaben stützen und ermutigen”.
What does bestärken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to strengthen, to encourage, to fortify
- 2
to confirm, to reinforce
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden in einer Haltung, einem Vorhaben stützen und ermutigen 2. etwas bestärkt sich: stärker werden 3. ein Resultat sicherer werden lassen; verstärken, fördern
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 bestärken
- bestärkt present singular third-person
- bestärkte past
- haben auxiliary
- bestärkend participle present
- bestärke first-person indicative present
- bestärkst indicative present second-person
- bestärkest second-person singular subjunctive
- bestärket plural second-person subjunctive
- bestärkten first-person indicative plural
- bestärktest indicative preterite second-person
- bestärktet indicative plural preterite
- bestärk imperative second-person singular
- habe bestärkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben bestärkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bestärke! imperative singular
- bestärkt! imperative plural
- bestärkt haben active infinitive perfect
- bestärkt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bestärken?
- [bəˈʃtɛʁkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bestärken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bestärken in German?
bestärken appears 1.1 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).