bewehren
German, verb/bəˈveːʁən/
bewehren is spelled B-E-W-E-H-R-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bewehren is a German verb meaning “to armor, reinforce (building materials like concrete in order to increase their solidity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit zusätzlichen Mitteln ausrüsten”.
What does bewehren mean in English?
verb
- 1
archaicto arm, protect, fortify
Der Floh ist zur Blutaufnahme mit einem Saugrüssel bewehrt.
- 2
to armor, reinforce (building materials like concrete in order to increase their solidity)
bewehrter Beton
- 3
obsoleteto forbid, hinder, ward off
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit zusätzlichen Mitteln ausrüsten 2. mit Waffen ausrüsten 3. mit Strafe bedrohen
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 bewehren
- bewehrt present singular third-person
- bewehrte past
- haben auxiliary
- bewehrend participle present
- bewehre first-person indicative present
- bewehrst indicative present second-person
- bewehrest second-person singular subjunctive
- bewehret plural second-person subjunctive
- bewehrten first-person indicative plural
- bewehrtest indicative preterite second-person
- bewehrtet indicative plural preterite
- bewehr imperative second-person singular
- habe bewehrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben bewehrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bewehr! imperative singular
- bewehre! imperative singular
- bewehrt! imperative plural
- bewehrt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bewehren?
- /bəˈveːʁən/
- [bəˈveː.ʁən]
- [-ˈveː.ɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bewehren in German?
bewehren appears about once in every 39 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).