behutsam
German, adjective/bəˈhuːtzaːm/
behutsam is spelled B-E-H-U-T-S-A-M (8 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 18,843rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Behutsam is a German adjective meaning “gentle, cautious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sorgsam und vorsichtig”.
What does behutsam mean in English?
adjective
- 1
gentle, cautious
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sorgsam und vorsichtig
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 behutsam
- behutsamer masculine nominative singular
- am behutsamsten superlative
- behutsame feminine nominative singular
- behutsames neuter nominative singular
- behutsamen genitive masculine singular
- behutsamem dative masculine singular
- der behutsame definite includes-article masculine
- die behutsame definite feminine includes-article
- das behutsame definite includes-article neuter
- die behutsamen definite includes-article nominative
- des behutsamen definite genitive includes-article
- der behutsamen definite feminine genitive
- dem behutsamen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce behutsam?
- /bəˈhuːtzaːm/
- /bəˈhuːtzam/
- [bəˈhuːtzaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to behutsam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is behutsam in German?
behutsam appears 2.8 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).