biegen
German, verb
biegen is spelled B-I-E-G-E-N (6 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written German, the 15,068th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Biegen is a German verb meaning “to bend something (to form something into a curve)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Biegen is a different word: “gerund of biegen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Gegenstand so verformen, dass sich die Krümmung des Gegenstands ändert”.
What does biegen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bend something (to form something into a curve)
Diese Stange kann man leicht biegen.
- 2
to bend; to be bent (to form oneself or be formed into a curve)
Die Bäume biegen sich im Wind.
- 3
to turn; to round a corner; to drive into a street; always requires some adverbial of location with it; otherwise use abbiegen
Er ist um die Ecke gebogen.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of biegen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Gegenstand so verformen, dass sich die Krümmung des Gegenstands ändert 2. um die Ecke kommen 3. sich krümmen
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 biegen
- biegt present singular third-person
- bog past
- gebogen participle past
- böge past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 2 strong
- biegend participle present
- biege first-person indicative present
- biegst indicative present second-person
- biegest second-person singular subjunctive
- bieget plural second-person subjunctive
- bogen first-person indicative plural
- bögen first-person formal plural
- bogst indicative preterite second-person
- bogt indicative plural preterite
- bögest formal rare second-person
- bögst formal rare second-person
- böget formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to biegen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is biegen in German?
biegen appears 3.8 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).