betrachten
German, verb/bəˈtʁaxtən/
betrachten is spelled B-E-T-R-A-C-H-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written German, the 3,188th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Betrachten is a German verb meaning “to look at, to consider, to behold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas anschauen”.
What does betrachten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to look at, to consider, to behold
Betrachtest du dich gerne im Spiegel?
- 2
to regard, to consider, look upon (something in a certain way)
Ich betrachte dich als meinen Freund.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas anschauen 2. erörtern, diskutieren 3. etwas als etwas betrachten: einschätzen, annehmen
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 betrachten
- betrachtet present singular third-person
- betrachtete past
- haben auxiliary
- betrachtend participle present
- betrachte first-person indicative present
- betrachtest indicative present second-person
- betrachteten first-person indicative plural
- betrachtetest indicative preterite second-person
- betrachtetet indicative plural preterite
- betracht imperative second-person singular
- habe betrachtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben betrachtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- betrachte! imperative singular
- betrachtet! imperative plural
- betrachtet haben active infinitive perfect
- betrachtet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- betrachtet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- zu betrachten active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce betrachten?
- /bəˈtʁaxtən/
- [bəˈtʰʁaxtn̩]
- [bəˈtʁaxtn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to betrachten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is betrachten in German?
betrachten appears 26 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).