bevor
German, conjunction/bəˈfoːr/
bevor is spelled B-E-V-O-R (5 letters) and appears 155 times per million words in written German, the 561st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bevor is a German conjunction meaning “before” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “drückt aus, dass etwas zeitlich zuerst sein soll und danach erst das, was nach bevor genannt wird; bevor…”.
What does bevor mean in English?
conjunction
- 1
before
Geh, bevor ich rasend werde.
adverb
- 1
obsoletebefore
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
conjunction: 1. drückt aus, dass etwas zeitlich zuerst sein soll und danach erst das, was nach bevor genannt wird; bevor steht also für Nachzeitigkeit.
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce bevor?
- /bəˈfoːr/
- [bəˈfoːɐ̯]
- [-ˈfɔɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bevor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bevor in German?
bevor appears 155 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).