bischen
German, verb/ˈbɪʃn̩/
bischen is spelled B-I-S-C-H-E-N (7 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 19,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bischen is a German verb meaning “to soothe, calm (a baby)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Neugeborenes, einen Säugling, ein Baby auf den Arm nehmen und beruhigen”.
What does bischen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto soothe, calm (a baby)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Neugeborenes, einen Säugling, ein Baby auf den Arm nehmen und beruhigen
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 bischen
- bischt present singular third-person
- bischte past
- gebischt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- bischend participle present
- bische first-person indicative present
- bischst indicative present second-person
- bischest second-person singular subjunctive
- bischet plural second-person subjunctive
- bischten first-person indicative plural
- bischtest indicative preterite second-person
- bischtet indicative plural preterite
- bisch imperative second-person singular
- habe gebischt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bisch! imperative singular
- bische! imperative singular
- bischt! imperative plural
- gebischt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bischen?
- /ˈbɪʃn̩/
- [ˈbɪʃn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bischen in German?
bischen appears 2.8 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).