betanken
German, verb[bəˈtaŋkn̩]
betanken is spelled B-E-T-A-N-K-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 95,383rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Betanken is a German verb meaning “to fuel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Treibstoffbehälter (Tank) mit Treibstoff, zum Beispiel Benzin oder Diesel, füllen”.
What does betanken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fuel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Treibstoffbehälter (Tank) mit Treibstoff, zum Beispiel Benzin oder Diesel, füllen
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 betanken
- betankt present singular third-person
- betankte past
- haben auxiliary
- betankend participle present
- betanke first-person indicative present
- betankst indicative present second-person
- betankest second-person singular subjunctive
- betanket plural second-person subjunctive
- betankten first-person indicative plural
- betanktest indicative preterite second-person
- betanktet indicative plural preterite
- betank imperative second-person singular
- habe betankt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben betankt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- betank! imperative singular
- betanke! imperative singular
- betankt! imperative plural
- betankt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce betanken?
- [bəˈtaŋkn̩]
- [bəˈtaŋkŋ̩]
- /bəˈtaŋkən/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to betanken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is betanken in German?
betanken appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).