Putinversteher
German, noun/ˈpuːtiːnfɛɐ̯ˌʃteːɐ/
Putinversteher is spelled P-U-T-I-N-V-E-R-S-T-E-H-E-R (14 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 244,602nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Putinversteher is a German masculine noun meaning “Putin apologist, someone who holds positive views of the Russian government” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die Verständnis, Zustimmung oder Sympathien zu Positionen der russischen Regierung, insbesondere zum…”.
What does Putinversteher mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryinformalmasculinePutin apologist, someone who holds positive views of the Russian government
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die Verständnis, Zustimmung oder Sympathien zu Positionen der russischen Regierung, insbesondere zum russischen Krieg gegen die Ukraine seit 2014, zeigt
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 Putinversteher
- Putinverstehers genitive
- Putinversteherin feminine
- Putinverstehern dative definite plural
- Putin-Versteher alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Putinversteher?
- /ˈpuːtiːnfɛɐ̯ˌʃteːɐ/
- [ˈpuːtiːnfɛɐ̯ˌʃteːɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Putinversteher in German?
Putinversteher appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).