bezichtigen
German, verb/bəˈtsɪçtɪɡən/
bezichtigen is spelled B-E-Z-I-C-H-T-I-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 72,255th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bezichtigen is a German verb meaning “to accuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “meist jemanden einer Sache bzw. eines Verbrechens beschuldigen”.
What does bezichtigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to accuse
Herr Müller bezichtigte seine Frau, gelogen zu haben.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. meist jemanden einer Sache bzw. eines Verbrechens beschuldigen
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 bezichtigen
- bezichtigt present singular third-person
- bezichtigte past
- haben auxiliary
- bezichtigend participle present
- bezichtige first-person indicative present
- bezichtigst indicative present second-person
- bezichtigest second-person singular subjunctive
- bezichtiget plural second-person subjunctive
- bezichtigten first-person indicative plural
- bezichtigtest indicative preterite second-person
- bezichtigtet indicative plural preterite
- bezichtig imperative second-person singular
- habe bezichtigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben bezichtigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bezichtige! imperative singular
- bezichtigt! imperative plural
- bezichtigt haben active infinitive perfect
- bezichtigt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bezichtigen?
- /bəˈtsɪçtɪɡən/
- [bəˈt͡sɪç.tɪ.ɡŋ̍]
- [-ɡ(ə)n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bezichtigen in German?
bezichtigen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).