beuten
German, verb
beuten is a German verb meaning “to settle bees in a hollow tree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Beuten is a different word: “nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural of Beute”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “tauschen, wechseln schanghaien, rauben, Beute machen”.
What does beuten mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto acquire loot, to plunder
- 2
obsoleteto distribute a booty
verb
- 1
to settle bees in a hollow tree
noun
- 1
nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural of Beute
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tauschen, wechseln schanghaien, rauben, Beute machen
verb: 1. (wilde) Bienen an einem selbst gewählten Platz (einer Beute) ansiedeln
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 beuten
- beutet present singular third-person
- beutete past
- gebeutet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- beutend participle present
- beute first-person indicative present
- beutest indicative present second-person
- beuteten first-person indicative plural
- beutetest indicative preterite second-person
- beutetet indicative plural preterite
- beut imperative second-person singular
- habe gebeutet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gebeutet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- beute! imperative singular
- beutet! imperative plural
- gebeutet haben active infinitive perfect
- gebeutet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- gebeutet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is beuten in German?
beuten 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).