Retter
German, noun/ˈʁɛtɐ/
Retter is spelled R-E-T-T-E-R (6 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written German, the 11,837th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retter is a German masculine noun meaning “rescuer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der einem anderen Hilfe leistet, ihn oder etwas rettet”.
What does Retter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerescuer
- 2
masculinesaviour, savior
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der einem anderen Hilfe leistet, ihn oder etwas rettet
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 Retter
- Retters genitive
- Retterin feminine
- Rettern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Retter?
- /ˈʁɛtɐ/
- [ˈʁɛtɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Retter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Retter in German?
Retter appears 5.2 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).