Polyglot Dictionary

bestatten

/bəˈʃtatn̩/

verb C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
bestattet
past
bestattete
perfect
hat bestattet

Meaning

  1. to bury

    • Man bestattete ihn im Familiengrab.

      He was buried in the family grave.

    • Die Angehörigen bestatteten ihn im engsten Kreis. Es gab keine große Feier.

      His relatives buried him in the closest circle. There was no big ceremony.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

beisetzen

Close synonyms for "to bury" in a funeral; both are formal/official words, not used casually.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

enterrar

enterrar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to bury."

Portuguese

sepultar

sepultar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to bury."

Practice

1 What does bestatten mean?

2 Fill the gap: Man ___ ihn im Familiengrab.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches bestatten?

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