betupfen
German, verb[bəˈtʊpfn̩]
betupfen is spelled B-E-T-U-P-F-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 289,823rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Betupfen is a German verb meaning “to dab” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen flüssigen oder halbflüssigen Stoff (vorsichtig mit dem Finger oder einem Tupfer) aufbringen (oder so…”.
What does betupfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dab
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen flüssigen oder halbflüssigen Stoff (vorsichtig mit dem Finger oder einem Tupfer) aufbringen (oder so von einem Ort zu entfernen suchen) 2. gewollt mit andersfarbigen Flecken in runder, ovaler Form (Tupfen) versehen
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 betupfen
- betupft present singular third-person
- betupfte past
- haben auxiliary
- betupfend participle present
- betupfe first-person indicative present
- betupfst indicative present second-person
- betupfest second-person singular subjunctive
- betupfet plural second-person subjunctive
- betupften first-person indicative plural
- betupftest indicative preterite second-person
- betupftet indicative plural preterite
- betupf imperative second-person singular
- habe betupft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben betupft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- betupf! imperative singular
- betupfe! imperative singular
- betupft! imperative plural
- betupft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce betupfen?
- [bəˈtʊpfn̩]
- [bəˈtʊp͡fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is betupfen in German?
betupfen appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).