betreuen
German, verb
betreuen is a German verb meaning “to look after; to take care” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Betreuen is a different word: “gerund of betreuen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden versorgen, beaufsichtigen und sich um dessen Belange kümmern, da diese Person dies selbst nicht…”.
What does betreuen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to look after; to take care
- 2
to supervise, to guide, to oversee
- 3
to be responsible for a matter or process in a professional capacity
noun
- 1
neutergerund of betreuen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden versorgen, beaufsichtigen und sich um dessen Belange kümmern, da diese Person dies selbst nicht (mehr) kann 2. für etwas oder jemanden verantwortlich sein
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 betreuen
- betreut present singular third-person
- betreute past
- haben auxiliary
- betreuend participle present
- betreue first-person indicative present
- betreust indicative present second-person
- betreuest second-person singular subjunctive
- betreuet plural second-person subjunctive
- betreuten first-person indicative plural
- betreutest indicative preterite second-person
- betreutet indicative plural preterite
- betreu imperative second-person singular
- habe betreut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben betreut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- betreue! imperative singular
- betreut! imperative plural
- betreut haben active infinitive perfect
- betreut werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to betreuen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is betreuen in German?
betreuen appears 4.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).