Bestattung
German, noun[bəˈʃtatʊŋ]
Bestattung is spelled B-E-S-T-A-T-T-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bestattung is a German feminine noun meaning “funeral (ceremony in honor of a deceased person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “feierliches Begräbnis”.
What does Bestattung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefuneral (ceremony in honor of a deceased person)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. feierliches Begräbnis
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 Bestattung
- Bestattungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bestattung?
- [bəˈʃtatʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bestattung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bestattung in German?
Bestattung appears 2.2 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).