title: Prüter
text: # Prüter
  
  Prüter, also Pruter or Prueter (German pronunciation:) is a German last name which possibly derives from a personal name formed with a cognate of Old English prut meaning ‘proud’.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Karl Prüter (1920–2007), American Old Catholic bishop
  * Robert Pruter (born 1944), sports and music journalist
  