bestehenbleiben
German, verb[bəˈʃteːənˌblaɪ̯bn̩]
bestehenbleiben is spelled B-E-S-T-E-H-E-N-B-L-E-I-B-E-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bestehenbleiben is a German verb meaning “alternative form of bestehen bleiben” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der gleichen Art und Weise weiter existieren”.
What does bestehenbleiben mean in English?
verb
- 1
alternative form of bestehen bleiben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in der gleichen Art und Weise weiter existieren
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 bestehenbleiben
- bleibt bestehen present singular third-person
- blieb bestehen past
- bestehengeblieben participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 1 strong
- bestehenbleibend participle present
- bestehenzubleiben infinitive infinitive-zu
- bleibe bestehen first-person indicative present
- bleiben bestehen first-person indicative plural
- bleibst bestehen indicative present second-person
- bleibest bestehen second-person singular subjunctive
- bleibet bestehen plural second-person subjunctive
- blieben bestehen first-person indicative plural
- bliebe bestehen first-person singular subjunctive
- bliebst bestehen indicative preterite second-person
- bliebt bestehen indicative plural preterite
- bliebest bestehen second-person singular subjunctive
- bliebet bestehen plural second-person subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bestehenbleiben?
- [bəˈʃteːənˌblaɪ̯bn̩]
- [bəˈʃteːənˌblaɪ̯bm̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bestehenbleiben in German?
bestehenbleiben appears about once in every 39 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).