bevölkern
German, verb
bevölkern is a German verb meaning “to populate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Bevölkern is a different word: “gerund of bevölkern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Land oder einen Ort mit etwas besiedeln”.
What does bevölkern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to populate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of bevölkern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Land oder einen Ort mit etwas besiedeln 2. in großer Anzahl etwas anfüllen
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 bevölkern
- bevölkert present singular third-person
- bevölkerte past
- haben auxiliary
- bevölkernd participle present
- bevölkre first-person indicative present
- bevölkere first-person indicative present
- bevölker first-person indicative present
- bevölkerst indicative present second-person
- bevölkerest second-person singular subjunctive
- bevölkrest second-person singular subjunctive
- bevölkeret plural second-person subjunctive
- bevölkret plural second-person subjunctive
- bevölkerten first-person indicative plural
- bevölkertest indicative preterite second-person
- bevölkertet indicative plural preterite
- bevölkere! imperative singular
- bevölkert! imperative plural
- bevölkert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bevölkern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bevölkern in German?
bevölkern appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).