schützen
German, verb
schützen is spelled S-C-H-Ü-T-Z-E-N (8 letters) and appears 56 times per million words in written German, the 1,516th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schützen is a German verb meaning “to defend; to protect; to shelter; to guard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schützen is a different word: “genitive/dative/accusative singular”. On this page, Schutzen is a different word: “dative plural of Schutz”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “verteidigen; vor negativen Veränderungen bewahren”.
What does schützen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to defend; to protect; to shelter; to guard
Die Götter schützen die guten Leute.
- 2
to cover
- 3
to protect oneself
noun
- 1
genitive/dative/accusative singular
- 2
plural
- 3
dative plural of Schütz
- 4
dative plural of Schutz
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Schutz
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. verteidigen; vor negativen Veränderungen bewahren
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 schützen
- schützt present singular third-person
- schützte past
- geschützt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schützend participle present
- schütze first-person indicative present
- schützest second-person singular subjunctive
- schützet plural second-person subjunctive
- schützten first-person indicative plural
- schütztest indicative preterite second-person
- schütztet indicative plural preterite
- schütz imperative second-person singular
- habe geschützt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschützt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schütze! imperative singular
- schütz! imperative singular
- schützt! imperative plural
- geschützt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schützen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schützen in German?
schützen appears 56 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).