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bin

German, verb/bɪn/

bin is spelled B-I-N (3 letters) and appears 1,259 times per million words in written German, the 89th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bin is a German verb meaning “first-person singular present of sein” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does bin mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present of sein

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

How German dictionaries define it

unknown: 1. 1. Person Singular Präsens Indikativ von sein

prefix: 1. zwei, doppelt, beide

abbreviation: 1. Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen für Bingen

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 bin

  • bi- variant

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

How do you pronounce bin?

  • /bɪn/
  • [bɪn]
  • [biːn]

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

How common is bin in German?

bin appears 1,259 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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