Beste
German, noun
Beste is spelled B-E-S-T-E (5 letters) and appears 178 times per million words in written German, the 478th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beste is a German feminine noun meaning “best (female person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, beste is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular superlative…”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “weibliche Person, die im Vergleich gewinnt”.
What does Beste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebest (female person)
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular superlative degree
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural superlative degree
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular superlative degree
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular superlative degree
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. weibliche Person, die im Vergleich gewinnt
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 Beste
- die Beste definite nominative
- Bester genitive
- der Besten definite genitive
- die Besten definite plural
- Bestes neuter
- Besten dative plural strong
- den Besten dative plural
- eine Beste nominative singular
- keine Besten nominative plural
- einer Besten genitive singular
- keiner Besten genitive plural
- keinen Besten dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Beste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Beste in German?
Beste appears 178 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).