behufs
German, preposition
behufs is spelled B-E-H-U-F-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 241,486th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Behufs is a German preposition meaning “in order to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Behufs is a different word: “genitive singular of Behuf”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu dem Zweck”.
What does behufs mean in English?
preposition
- 1
archaicin order to
noun
- 1
genitive singular of Behuf
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
preposition: 1. zu dem Zweck
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How common is behufs in German?
behufs appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).