Bestechung
German, noun/bəˈʃtɛçʊŋ/
Bestechung is spelled B-E-S-T-E-C-H-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,880th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bestechung is a German feminine noun meaning “bribery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorteilsgewährung an Amtsträger mit zu erwartender Gegenleistung”.
What does Bestechung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebribery
- 2
femininecorruption
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vorteilsgewährung an Amtsträger mit zu erwartender Gegenleistung
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 Bestechung
- Bestechungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bestechung?
- /bəˈʃtɛçʊŋ/
- [bəˈʃtɛçʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bestechung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bestechung in German?
Bestechung appears 2.5 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).