Similar words
bestürmen
Belagern is the standard word for a military siege; bestürmen can also mean, figuratively, "to bombard" someone with requests or questions.
Similar in other languages
Spanish
sitiar
sitiar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to besiege."
Portuguese
sitiar
sitiar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to besiege."
Practice
1 What does belagern mean?
to besiege
2 Fill the gap: Man ___ die Stadt monatelang.
Full sentence: Man belagerte die Stadt monatelang. (The city was besieged for months.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches belagern?
belagern: neutral register, academic frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.