Beweggrund
German, noun/bəˈveːkˌɡʁʊnt/
Beweggrund is spelled B-E-W-E-G-G-R-U-N-D (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,036th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beweggrund is a German masculine noun meaning “motive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Entscheidungsgrundlage für eine bestimmte Handlung oder Unterlassung”.
What does Beweggrund mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemotive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Entscheidungsgrundlage für eine bestimmte Handlung oder Unterlassung
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 Beweggrund
- Beweggrundes genitive
- Beweggrunds genitive
- Beweggründe plural
- Beweggrunde dative singular
- Beweggründen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Beweggrund?
- /bəˈveːkˌɡʁʊnt/
- [bəˈveːkˌɡʁʊnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Beweggrund
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Beweggrund in German?
Beweggrund appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).