häuten
German, verb
häuten is spelled H-Ä-U-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Häuten is a German verb meaning “to skin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, hauten is a different word: “first/third-person plural preterite”. With a capital, Häuten is a different word: “dative plural of Haut”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die äußerste Körperhülle mehr oder weniger am Stück abstoßen, vor allem bei Häutungstieren und Reptilien”.
What does häuten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to skin
- 2
to moult skin
verb
- 1
first/third-person plural preterite
- 2
first/third-person plural subjunctive II
noun
- 1
femininedative plural of Haut
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tötung durch Entfernen der Haut
verb: 1. die äußerste Körperhülle mehr oder weniger am Stück abstoßen, vor allem bei Häutungstieren und Reptilien 2. die Haut eines Tieres abziehen 3. die dünne Schale einer Frucht oder anderer Nahrungsmittel entfernen 4. einen Menschen töten, indem man ihm die Haut entfernt
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 häuten
- häutet present singular third-person
- häutete past
- gehäutet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- häutend participle present
- häute first-person indicative present
- häutest indicative present second-person
- häuteten first-person indicative plural
- häutetest indicative preterite second-person
- häutetet indicative plural preterite
- häut imperative second-person singular
- habe gehäutet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gehäutet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- Häutens genitive singular
- häut! imperative singular
- häute! imperative singular
- häutet! imperative plural
- gehäutet haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to häuten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is häuten in German?
häuten appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).