Vertreter
German, noun/fɛɐ̯ˈtʁeːtɐ/
Vertreter is spelled V-E-R-T-R-E-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears 51 times per million words in written German, the 1,666th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vertreter is a German masculine noun meaning “representative, agent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an agent noun of vertreten. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die für andere in bestimmten Angelegenheiten an deren Stelle handelt”.
What does Vertreter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineagent noun of vertreten
- 2
masculinerepresentative, agent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die für andere in bestimmten Angelegenheiten an deren Stelle handelt 2. Verkäufer 3. Person, die eine bestimmte (Denk-)Richtung repräsentiert 4. Element einer Äquivalenzklasse
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 Vertreter
- Vertreters genitive
- Vertreterin feminine
- Vertretern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vertreter?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈtʁeːtɐ/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈtʁeːtɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vertreter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vertreter in German?
Vertreter appears 51 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).