betroffen
German, adjective/bəˈtʁɔfən/
betroffen is spelled B-E-T-R-O-F-F-E-N (9 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Betroffen is a German adjective meaning “shocked” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of betreffen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “unangenehm überrascht, (emotional) leidtragend, bestürzt”.
What does betroffen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shocked
- 2
affected, concerned
verb
- 1
past participle of betreffen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. unangenehm überrascht, (emotional) leidtragend, bestürzt 2. beteiligt, jemanden betreffend, sich auf jemanden beziehend
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 betroffen
- betroffener masculine nominative singular
- betroffene feminine nominative singular
- betroffenes neuter nominative singular
- betroffenen genitive masculine singular
- betroffenem dative masculine singular
- der betroffene definite includes-article masculine
- die betroffene definite feminine includes-article
- das betroffene definite includes-article neuter
- die betroffenen definite includes-article nominative
- des betroffenen definite genitive includes-article
- der betroffenen definite feminine genitive
- dem betroffenen dative definite includes-article
- den betroffenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce betroffen?
- /bəˈtʁɔfən/
- [bəˈtʁɔfɱ̩]
- [bəˈtʁɔfn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to betroffen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is betroffen in German?
betroffen appears 32 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).