Bestätigung
German, noun/bəˈʃtɛːtiɡʊŋ/
Bestätigung is spelled B-E-S-T-Ä-T-I-G-U-N-G (11 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,161st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bestätigung is a German feminine noun meaning “acknowledgment, affirmation, confirmation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Information über die Richtigkeit”.
What does Bestätigung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineacknowledgment, affirmation, confirmation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Information über die Richtigkeit 2. Unterstützung für jemand 3. amtliches Papier oder amtliche Verlautbarung über 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 Bestätigung
- Bestätigungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bestätigung?
- /bəˈʃtɛːtiɡʊŋ/
- /bəˈʃteːtiɡʊŋ/
- [bəˈʃtɛːtɪɡʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bestätigung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bestätigung in German?
Bestätigung appears 14 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).