einbuchten
German, verb/ˈaɪ̯nˌbʊxtn̩/
einbuchten is spelled E-I-N-B-U-C-H-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 170,338th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Einbuchten is a German verb meaning “to bang up (put in prison)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ins Gefängnis bringen, in Untersuchungshaft nehmen”.
What does einbuchten mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto bang up (put in prison)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ins Gefängnis bringen, in Untersuchungshaft nehmen 2. etwas nach innen formen/drücken, so dass eine Delle/Einbuchtung entsteht
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 einbuchten
- buchtet ein present singular third-person
- buchtete ein past
- eingebuchtet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- einbuchtend participle present
- einzubuchten infinitive infinitive-zu
- buchte ein first-person indicative present
- buchten ein first-person indicative plural
- buchtest ein indicative present second-person
- buchteten ein first-person indicative plural
- buchtetest ein indicative preterite second-person
- buchtetet ein indicative plural preterite
- bucht ein! imperative singular
- buchte ein! imperative singular
- buchtet ein! imperative plural
- eingebuchtet haben active infinitive perfect
- eingebuchtet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- eingebuchtet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce einbuchten?
- /ˈaɪ̯nˌbʊxtn̩/
- [ˈaɪ̯nˌbʊxtn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to einbuchten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is einbuchten in German?
einbuchten appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).