bestäuben
German, verb
bestäuben is spelled B-E-S-T-Ä-U-B-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 81,387th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bestäuben is a German verb meaning “to pollinate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, bestauben is a different word: “to make dusty”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “befruchten, indem Blütenpollen (Blütenstaub) auf die weibliche Blüte kommen”.
What does bestäuben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pollinate
- 2
to sprinkle, dust (cover thinly with powder)
verb
- 1
to make dusty
- 2
to get covered in dust
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. befruchten, indem Blütenpollen (Blütenstaub) auf die weibliche Blüte kommen 2. mit einem pulverartigen Stoff dünn, feinverteilt belegen
verb: 1. mit feinen Partikeln aus Sand und Dreck (Staub) beschmutzen 2. von Staub bedeckt werden
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 bestäuben
- bestäubt present singular third-person
- bestäubte past
- haben auxiliary
- bestäubend participle present
- bestäube first-person indicative present
- bestäubst indicative present second-person
- bestäubest second-person singular subjunctive
- bestäubet plural second-person subjunctive
- bestäubten first-person indicative plural
- bestäubtest indicative preterite second-person
- bestäubtet indicative plural preterite
- bestäub imperative second-person singular
- habe bestäubt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben bestäubt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bestäub! imperative singular
- bestäube! imperative singular
- bestäubt! imperative plural
- bestäubt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bestäuben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bestäuben in German?
bestäuben appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).