Futter
German, noun
Futter is spelled F-U-T-T-E-R (6 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written German, the 7,170th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Futter is a German neuter noun meaning “fodder, food (for animals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, futter is a different word: “first-person singular present”. On this page, fütter is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Nahrung der Tiere”.
What does Futter mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterfodder, food (for animals)
noun
- 1
neuterlining
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nahrung der Tiere 2. Essen 3. geistige Nahrung
noun: 1. Stoff auf der Innenseite von Kleidungsstücken 2. die Ausfüllung von Zwischenräumen bei Türen, Fenstern, Mauern oder ähnlichen Bauteilen 3. eine Einspannvorrichtung an Maschinen für Werkzeuge oder Werkteile
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 Futter
- Futters genitive
- Futtern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Futter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Futter in German?
Futter appears 9.8 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).