Schutz
German, noun
Schutz is spelled S-C-H-U-T-Z (6 letters) and appears 69 times per million words in written German, the 1,232nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schutz is a German masculine noun meaning “protection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Schütz is a different word: “contactor”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ding, Handlung, Maßnahme, etwas, das die Sicherheit verbessern oder garantieren, vor Schaden bewahren soll”.
What does Schutz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprotection
- 2
masculineprotective installation
noun
- 1
neutercontactor
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ding, Handlung, Maßnahme, etwas, das die Sicherheit verbessern oder garantieren, vor Schaden bewahren soll 2. Bauteil, das einer Verbesserung der Sicherheit von etwas dient und Schäden daran/dadurch verhindern soll
noun: 1. bewegliche Platte in einem Wassergraben, die den Durchfluss reguliert 2. elektromagnetischer Schalter für hohe Lastströme (vergleiche Relais)
noun: 1. Schütze
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 Schutz
- Schutzes genitive
- Schutze plural
- Schütze Switzerland plural rare
- Schutzen dative definite plural
- Schützen Switzerland dative definite
- Schützes genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schutz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schutz in German?
Schutz appears 69 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).