besudeln
German, verb/bəˈzuːdl̩n/
besudeln is spelled B-E-S-U-D-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 152,733rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Besudeln is a German verb meaning “to sully” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas mit Schmutz, Nahrung, Speichel oder Ähnlichem verdrecken”.
What does besudeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sully
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas mit Schmutz, Nahrung, Speichel oder Ähnlichem verdrecken 2. jemandes sexuelle oder rituelle Ehre verletzen
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 besudeln
- besudelt present singular third-person
- besudelte past
- haben auxiliary
- besudelnd participle present
- besudle first-person indicative present
- besudele first-person indicative present
- besudel first-person indicative present
- besudelst indicative present second-person
- besudelest second-person singular subjunctive
- besudlest second-person singular subjunctive
- besudelet plural second-person subjunctive
- besudlet plural second-person subjunctive
- besudelten first-person indicative plural
- besudeltest indicative preterite second-person
- besudeltet indicative plural preterite
- besudle! imperative singular
- besudel! imperative singular
- besudelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce besudeln?
- /bəˈzuːdl̩n/
- [bəˈzuːdl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to besudeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is besudeln in German?
besudeln appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).