Benutzers

Benutzers is the genitive singular form of the German noun Benutzer, meaning “the user.” It is not typically used as a stand-alone noun in everyday language; rather, it appears within phrases that require the genitive case, such as die Rechte des Benutzers (the user’s rights) or die Einstellungen des Benutzers (the user’s settings). In contemporary German, the more common terms for a person who uses a service are Benutzer or Nutzer, so Benutzers functions mainly as a grammatical inflection rather than an independent term.

Etymology and form: Benutzer is an agent noun formed from benutzen “to use” with the suffix -er. The genitive singular ending is -es, yielding des Benutzers. Because German inflection affects determiner-noun combinations, Benutzers is typically seen only with a determiner or in a fixed phrase.

Usage notes: In technical writing and user documentation, Benutzer is the standard word for “user.” Nutzer is a widely used synonym with a slightly more contemporary or neutral tone. The form Benutzers should not be conflated with a plural noun; the plural nominative is die Benutzer, and the genitive plural is der Benutzer (depending on the sentence). Benutzers appears almost exclusively as part of a possessive construction.

Examples: Die Rechte des Benutzers wurden aktualisiert. Die Einstellungen des Benutzers müssen bestätigt werden. Die Sicherheitsrichtlinien betreffen die Passwörter der Benutzer.

Summary: Benutzers is a grammatical form used to express possession by a single user in German, not a separate lexical term. For most purposes, Benutzer or Nutzer are the preferred nouns for “user.”