behüten
German, verb
behüten is spelled B-E-H-Ü-T-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 80,178th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Behüten is a German verb meaning “to protect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Behüten is a different word: “gerund of behüten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf etwas Acht geben, es bewachen, sichern und vor Schaden schützen”.
What does behüten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to protect
noun
- 1
neutergerund of behüten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. auf etwas Acht geben, es bewachen, sichern und vor Schaden schützen 2. auf jemanden Acht geben, aufpassen, betreuen und vor Unannehmlichkeiten bewahren 3. Nein!
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 behüten
- behütet present singular third-person
- behütete past
- haben auxiliary
- behütend participle present
- behüte first-person indicative present
- behütest indicative present second-person
- behüteten first-person indicative plural
- behütetest indicative preterite second-person
- behütetet indicative plural preterite
- behüt imperative second-person singular
- habe behütet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben behütet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- behüt! imperative singular
- behüte! imperative singular
- behütet! imperative plural
- behütet haben active infinitive perfect
- behütet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- behütet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to behüten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is behüten in German?
behüten appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).