Schütze
German, noun
Schütze is spelled S-C-H-Ü-T-Z-E (7 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written German, the 9,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schütze is a German masculine noun meaning “shooter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Schütz. In lower case, schütze is a different word: “first-person singular present”. Without its umlaut, Schutze is a different word: “dative singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, dessen Tätigkeit das Schießen ist”.
What does Schütze mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshooter
- 2
masculinearcher, bowman
- 3
masculinerifleman
- 4
masculineSagittarius
noun
- 1
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Schütz
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
noun
- 1
masculinedative singular
- 2
masculinenominative/accusative/genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, dessen Tätigkeit das Schießen ist 2. Person, die einen Schuss aus einer Waffe abgegeben hat 3. Dienstgrad für einen Soldaten im Heer 4. Soldat im Range eines Schützen
noun: 1. ein Schuber, die Tafel am Schleusenwehr, die zur Regulierung ganz oder teilweise nach oben herausgezogen werden kann
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 Schütze
- Schützen genitive
- Schützin feminine
- Schtz abbreviation
- ♐ symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schütze
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schütze in German?
Schütze appears 6.9 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).