beziffern
German, verb/bəˈtsɪfɐn/
beziffern is spelled B-E-Z-I-F-F-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beziffern is a German verb meaning “to estimate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas mit einem exakten oder geschätzten Zahlenwert bezeichnen”.
What does beziffern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to estimate
- 2
to number
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas mit einem exakten oder geschätzten Zahlenwert bezeichnen 2. sich auf einen Wert belaufen, einen Wert 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 beziffern
- beziffert present singular third-person
- bezifferte past
- haben auxiliary
- beziffernd participle present
- beziffre first-person indicative present
- beziffere first-person indicative present
- beziffer first-person indicative present
- bezifferst indicative present second-person
- bezifferest second-person singular subjunctive
- beziffrest second-person singular subjunctive
- bezifferet plural second-person subjunctive
- beziffret plural second-person subjunctive
- bezifferten first-person indicative plural
- beziffertest indicative preterite second-person
- beziffertet indicative plural preterite
- beziffere! imperative singular
- beziffert! imperative plural
- beziffert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beziffern?
- /bəˈtsɪfɐn/
- [bəˈt͡sɪfɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is beziffern in German?
beziffern appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).