Helfer
German, noun/ˈhɛlfɐ/
Helfer is a German masculine noun meaning “agent noun of helfen: helper, aide, assistant, auxiliary, hand (person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die jemanden hilft oder unterstützt”.
What does Helfer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineagent noun of helfen: helper, aide, assistant, auxiliary, hand (person)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die jemanden hilft oder unterstützt 2. eine Sache, die eine Unterstützung bietet
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 Helfer
- Helfers genitive
- Helferin feminine
- Helfern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Helfer?
- /ˈhɛlfɐ/
- [ˈhɛlfɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Helfer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Helfer in German?
Helfer appears 15 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).