benutzt
German, verb
benutzt is spelled B-E-N-U-T-Z-T (7 letters) and appears 68 times per million words in written German, the 1,266th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Benutzt is a German verb meaning “past participle of benutzen; used” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, benützt is a different word: “past participle of benützen”.
What does benutzt mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of benutzen; used
verb
- 1
inflection of benutzen
Er benutzt die Schere, um Papier zu schneiden.
- 2
second/third-person singular present
- 3
second-person plural present
- 4
plural imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of benützen
verb
- 1
second-person singular/plural present
- 2
third-person singular present
- 3
plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in Gebrauch befindend oder im Gebrauch gewesen
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 benutzt
- ist benutzt masculine predicative singular
- es ist benutzt neuter predicative singular
- sind benutzt plural predicative third-person
- benutzter masculine nominative singular
- benutzte feminine nominative singular
- benutztes neuter nominative singular
- benutzten genitive masculine singular
- benutztem dative masculine singular
- der benutzte definite includes-article masculine
- die benutzte definite feminine includes-article
- das benutzte definite includes-article neuter
- die benutzten definite includes-article nominative
- des benutzten definite genitive includes-article
- der benutzten definite feminine genitive
- dem benutzten dative definite includes-article
- benützt variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is benutzt in German?
benutzt appears 68 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).