bewerkstelligen
German, verb[bəˈvɛʁkʃtɛliɡn̩]
bewerkstelligen is spelled B-E-W-E-R-K-S-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N (15 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 24,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bewerkstelligen is a German verb meaning “to bring about, realize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas meistern, zufriedenstellend vollenden, erreichen”.
What does bewerkstelligen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bring about, realize
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas meistern, zufriedenstellend vollenden, erreichen
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 bewerkstelligen
- bewerkstelligt present singular third-person
- bewerkstelligte past
- haben auxiliary
- bewerkstelligend participle present
- bewerkstellige first-person indicative present
- bewerkstelligst indicative present second-person
- bewerkstelligest second-person singular subjunctive
- bewerkstelliget plural second-person subjunctive
- bewerkstelligten first-person indicative plural
- bewerkstelligtest indicative preterite second-person
- bewerkstelligtet indicative plural preterite
- bewerkstellig imperative second-person singular
- habe bewerkstelligt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben bewerkstelligt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bewerkstellig! imperative singular
- bewerkstellige! imperative singular
- bewerkstelligt! imperative plural
- bewerkstelligt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bewerkstelligen?
- [bəˈvɛʁkʃtɛliɡn̩]
- /bəˈvɛʁkʃtɛliɡən/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bewerkstelligen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bewerkstelligen in German?
bewerkstelligen appears 2.0 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).