Betrüger
German, noun/bəˈtʁyːɡɐ/
Betrüger is spelled B-E-T-R-Ü-G-E-R (8 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written German, the 10,058th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Betrüger is a German masculine noun meaning “fraud, impostor, imposter, fraudster (person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an agent noun of betrügen; deceiver, fake, double-dealer. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die andere täuscht, um sich einen Vorteil zu verschaffen; jemand, der betrügt”.
What does Betrüger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineagent noun of betrügen; deceiver, fake, double-dealer
- 2
masculinefraud, impostor, imposter, fraudster (person)
- 3
masculinecon artist, con man, scammer, cheat, cheater, swindler, confidence trickster
- 4
masculinecrook
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die andere täuscht, um sich einen Vorteil zu verschaffen; jemand, der betrügt
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 Betrüger
- Betrügers genitive
- Betrügerin feminine
- Betrügern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Betrüger?
- /bəˈtʁyːɡɐ/
- [bəˈtʁyːɡɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Betrüger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Betrüger in German?
Betrüger appears 6.5 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).