behufen
German, verb
behufen is spelled B-E-H-U-F-E-N (7 letters). Behufen is a German verb meaning “to shoe (e.g. a horse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Behufen is a different word: “dative plural of Behuf”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Pferd (oder seltener anderes Reittier) beschlagen, es mit Eisen (Hufeisen) versorgen”.
What does behufen mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto behove
verb
- 1
to shoe (e.g. a horse)
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Behuf
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Pferd (oder seltener anderes Reittier) beschlagen, es mit Eisen (Hufeisen) versorgen
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 behufen
- behuft present singular third-person
- behufte past
- haben auxiliary
- behufend participle present
- behufe first-person indicative present
- behufst indicative present second-person
- behufest second-person singular subjunctive
- behufet plural second-person subjunctive
- behuften first-person indicative plural
- behuftest indicative preterite second-person
- behuftet indicative plural preterite
- behuf imperative second-person singular
- habe behuft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben behuft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- behuf! imperative singular
- behufe! imperative singular
- behuft! imperative plural
- behuft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).