bestehlen
German, verb[bəˈʃteːlən]
bestehlen is spelled B-E-S-T-E-H-L-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 75,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bestehlen is a German verb meaning “to steal from, to rob” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem (heimlich) etwas wegnehmen”.
What does bestehlen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to steal from, to rob
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem (heimlich) etwas wegnehmen
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 bestehlen
- bestiehlt present singular third-person
- bestahl past
- bestohlen participle past
- bestähle past subjunctive
- bestöhle past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 4 strong
- bestehlend participle present
- bestehle first-person indicative present
- bestiehlst indicative present second-person
- bestehlt indicative plural present
- bestehlest second-person singular subjunctive
- bestehlet plural second-person subjunctive
- bestahlen first-person indicative plural
- bestählen first-person formal plural
- bestöhlen first-person formal plural
- bestahlst indicative preterite second-person
- bestahlt indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bestehlen?
- [bəˈʃteːlən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bestehlen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bestehlen in German?
bestehlen 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).