beten
German, verb
beten is spelled B-E-T-E-N (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 7,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beten is a German verb meaning “to pray” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Beten is a different word: “gerund of beten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gott anrufen, zu Gott sprechen”.
What does beten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pray
noun
- 1
neutergerund of beten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Gott anrufen, zu Gott sprechen
noun: 1. Verrichtung eines Gebets
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 beten
- betet present singular third-person
- betete past
- gebetet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- betend participle present
- bete first-person indicative present
- betest indicative present second-person
- beteten first-person indicative plural
- betetest indicative preterite second-person
- betetet indicative plural preterite
- bet imperative second-person singular
- habe gebetet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gebetet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bete! imperative singular
- betet! imperative plural
- gebetet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu beten active extended infinitive
- gebetet zu haben active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to beten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beten in German?
beten appears 10 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).