bewerfen
German, verb[bəˈvɛʁfn̩]
bewerfen is spelled B-E-W-E-R-F-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 37,432nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bewerfen is a German verb meaning “to throw at someone or something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden oder etwas mit einem durch die Luft beförderten Gegenstand zu treffen suchen”.
What does bewerfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to throw at someone or something
Sie bewarfen ihn mit faulem Obst.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden oder etwas mit einem durch die Luft beförderten Gegenstand zu treffen suchen 2. eine Fassade durch Bewurf mit einer Schutzschicht (zum Beispiel Zement oder Lehm) verputzen
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 bewerfen
- bewirft present singular third-person
- bewarf past
- beworfen participle past
- bewürfe past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- bewerfend participle present
- bewerfe first-person indicative present
- bewirfst indicative present second-person
- bewerft indicative plural present
- bewerfest second-person singular subjunctive
- bewerfet plural second-person subjunctive
- bewarfen first-person indicative plural
- bewürfen first-person formal plural
- bewarfst indicative preterite second-person
- bewarft indicative plural preterite
- bewürfest formal rare second-person
- bewürfst formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bewerfen?
- [bəˈvɛʁfn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bewerfen in German?
bewerfen appears 1.1 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).