Behüter
German, noun
Behüter is spelled B-E-H-Ü-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 321,814th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Behüter is a German masculine noun meaning “protector, shepherd” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, Behuter is a different word: “dated form of Behüter”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die eine andere Person oder eine Sache behütet”.
What does Behüter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprotector, shepherd
noun
- 1
datedmasculinedated form of Behüter
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die eine andere Person oder eine Sache behütet
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 Behüter
- Behüters genitive
- Behüterin feminine
- Behütern dative definite plural
- Behuter alternative
- Behuters genitive
- Behutern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Behüter in German?
Behüter appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).