bewältigen
German, verb/bəˈvɛlˌtɪɡn̩/
bewältigen is spelled B-E-W-Ä-L-T-I-G-E-N (10 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written German, the 8,191st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bewältigen is a German verb meaning “to handle, to cope with, to get over, to overcome (a challenge or problem, especially when doing so requires a significant effort)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine mühsame Arbeit hinter sich bringen, damit fertig werden”.
What does bewältigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to handle, to cope with, to get over, to overcome (a challenge or problem, especially when doing so requires a significant effort)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine mühsame Arbeit hinter sich bringen, damit fertig werden 2. ein schwerwiegendes Erlebnis oder ein Gefühl innerlich verarbeiten
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 bewältigen
- bewältigt present singular third-person
- bewältigte past
- haben auxiliary
- bewältigend participle present
- bewältige first-person indicative present
- bewältigst indicative present second-person
- bewältigest second-person singular subjunctive
- bewältiget plural second-person subjunctive
- bewältigten first-person indicative plural
- bewältigtest indicative preterite second-person
- bewältigtet indicative plural preterite
- bewältig imperative second-person singular
- habe bewältigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben bewältigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bewältige! imperative singular
- bewältigt! imperative plural
- bewältigt haben active infinitive perfect
- bewältigt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bewältigen?
- /bəˈvɛlˌtɪɡn̩/
- [bəˈvɛltɪɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bewältigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bewältigen in German?
bewältigen appears 8.3 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).