bestatten
German, verb/bəˈʃtatn̩/
bestatten is spelled B-E-S-T-A-T-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bestatten is a German verb meaning “to bury” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Verstorbenen beerdigen, einen Leichnam beisetzen”.
What does bestatten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bury
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Verstorbenen beerdigen, einen Leichnam beisetzen
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 bestatten
- bestattet present singular third-person
- bestattete past
- haben auxiliary
- bestattend participle present
- bestatte first-person indicative present
- bestattest indicative present second-person
- bestatteten first-person indicative plural
- bestattetest indicative preterite second-person
- bestattetet indicative plural preterite
- bestatt imperative second-person singular
- habe bestattet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben bestattet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bestatt! imperative singular
- bestatte! imperative singular
- bestattet! imperative plural
- bestattet haben active infinitive perfect
- bestattet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- bestattet 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 bestatten?
- /bəˈʃtatn̩/
- [bəˈʃtatn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bestatten in German?
bestatten appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).