zubilligen
German, verb
zubilligen is spelled Z-U-B-I-L-L-I-G-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 134,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zubilligen is a German verb meaning “to (legally, morally) concede, to grant, to allow (a right etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zubilligen is a different word: “gerund of zubilligen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem etwas (juristisch) zugestehen, (moralisch) gestatten”.
What does zubilligen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to (legally, morally) concede, to grant, to allow (a right etc.)
ein Recht zubilligen
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zubilligen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem etwas (juristisch) zugestehen, (moralisch) gestatten
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 zubilligen
- billigt zu present singular third-person
- billigte zu past
- zugebilligt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zubilligend participle present
- zuzubilligen infinitive infinitive-zu
- billige zu first-person indicative present
- billigen zu first-person indicative plural
- billigst zu indicative present second-person
- billigest zu second-person singular subjunctive
- billiget zu plural second-person subjunctive
- billigten zu first-person indicative plural
- billigtest zu indicative preterite second-person
- billigtet zu indicative plural preterite
- billig zu! imperative singular
- billige zu! imperative singular
- billigt zu! imperative plural
- zugebilligt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is zubilligen in German?
zubilligen appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).