bestürmen
German, verb[bəˈʃtʏʁmən]
bestürmen is spelled B-E-S-T-Ü-R-M-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bestürmen is a German verb meaning “to assail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Truppen einen militärischen Angriff (Sturm) auf etwas durchführen”.
What does bestürmen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to assail
- 2
to charge
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit Truppen einen militärischen Angriff (Sturm) auf etwas durchführen 2. sein Anliegen wortreich, aktiv und gefühlsgeladen (mit Vehemenz) vortragen 3. sich deutlich bemerkbar machen, von einer Person Besitz ergreifen
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 bestürmen
- bestürmt present singular third-person
- bestürmte past
- haben auxiliary
- bestürmend participle present
- bestürme first-person indicative present
- bestürmst indicative present second-person
- bestürmest second-person singular subjunctive
- bestürmet plural second-person subjunctive
- bestürmten first-person indicative plural
- bestürmtest indicative preterite second-person
- bestürmtet indicative plural preterite
- bestürm imperative second-person singular
- habe bestürmt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben bestürmt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bestürm! imperative singular
- bestürme! imperative singular
- bestürmt! imperative plural
- bestürmt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bestürmen?
- [bəˈʃtʏʁmən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bestürmen in German?
bestürmen appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).