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bewusst

German, adjective/bəˈvʊst/

bewusst is spelled B-E-W-U-S-S-T (7 letters) and appears 60 times per million words in written German, the 1,424th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bewusst is a German adjective meaning “conscious, aware” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit klarem Verstand”.

What does bewusst mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    conscious, aware

    Ja, ich war mir dieser Tatsache bewusst.

  2. 2

    intentional

    bewusste Täuschung

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. mit klarem Verstand 2. mit Absicht 3. bereits genannt

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 bewusst

  • bewusster masculine nominative singular
  • am bewusstesten superlative
  • bewusste feminine nominative singular
  • bewusstes neuter nominative singular
  • bewussten genitive masculine singular
  • bewusstem dative masculine singular
  • der bewusste definite includes-article masculine
  • die bewusste definite feminine includes-article
  • das bewusste definite includes-article neuter
  • die bewussten definite includes-article nominative
  • des bewussten definite genitive includes-article
  • der bewussten definite feminine genitive
  • dem bewussten dative definite includes-article
  • bewußt obsolete

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bewusst?

  • /bəˈvʊst/
  • [bəˈvʊst]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to bewusst

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bewusst in German?

bewusst appears 60 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).

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