bevollmächtigen
German, verb/bəˈfɔlmɛçtɪɡŋ̩/
bevollmächtigen is spelled B-E-V-O-L-L-M-Ä-C-H-T-I-G-E-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bevollmächtigen is a German verb meaning “to authorize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem eine Erlaubnis (Vollmacht) geben, meist um Rechtsgeschäfte in fremdem Namen zu tätigen”.
What does bevollmächtigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to authorize
- 2
to give power of attorney
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem eine Erlaubnis (Vollmacht) geben, meist um Rechtsgeschäfte in fremdem Namen zu tätigen
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 bevollmächtigen
- bevollmächtigt present singular third-person
- bevollmächtigte past
- haben auxiliary
- bevollmächtigend participle present
- bevollmächtige first-person indicative present
- bevollmächtigst indicative present second-person
- bevollmächtigest second-person singular subjunctive
- bevollmächtiget plural second-person subjunctive
- bevollmächtigten first-person indicative plural
- bevollmächtigtest indicative preterite second-person
- bevollmächtigtet indicative plural preterite
- bevollmächtig imperative second-person singular
- habe bevollmächtigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben bevollmächtigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bevollmächtig! imperative singular
- bevollmächtige! imperative singular
- bevollmächtigt! imperative plural
- bevollmächtigt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bevollmächtigen?
- /bəˈfɔlmɛçtɪɡŋ̩/
- /bəˈfɔlmɛçtɪɡən/
- [bəˈfɔlˌmɛçtɪɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bevollmächtigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bevollmächtigen in German?
bevollmächtigen appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).