how to pronounce bestaunen

/bəˈʃtaʊ̯nən/

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bestaunen is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of bestaunen in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… man fange bestaunen ja also eine mit dem …”

meanings of bestaunen

verb:

To marvel at.

bestaunen frequency in german - C1 level of CEFR

the word bestaunen occurs in german on average 6.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.