besticken
German, verb/bəˈʃtɪkn̩/
besticken is a German verb meaning “to embroider” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Stoff verzieren, indem man mit Hilfe einer Nadel einen Faden in sichtbaren Stichen anbringt (oder zum…”.
What does besticken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to embroider
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Stoff verzieren, indem man mit Hilfe einer Nadel einen Faden in sichtbaren Stichen anbringt (oder zum Beispiel auch Perlen, Pailletten) 2. eine Uferkante mit Material befestigen, zum Beispiel Stroh auf Rasensoden
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 besticken
- bestickt present singular third-person
- bestickte past
- haben auxiliary
- bestickend participle present
- besticke first-person indicative present
- bestickst indicative present second-person
- bestickest second-person singular subjunctive
- besticket plural second-person subjunctive
- bestickten first-person indicative plural
- besticktest indicative preterite second-person
- besticktet indicative plural preterite
- bestick imperative second-person singular
- habe bestickt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben bestickt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bestick! imperative singular
- besticke! imperative singular
- bestickt! imperative plural
- bestickt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce besticken?
- /bəˈʃtɪkn̩/
- [bəˈʃtɪkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to besticken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is besticken in German?
besticken appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).