Director of the National and University Library of Strasbourg, he completed his first studies at the Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium in Stuttgart and at the local seminary .

[1] He feigned a conversion to Islam, and, just like his colleague Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, adopted an Arabic name, ʿAbd al-Wahhāb.

Euting made a significant contribution to the study of Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, particularly those in Phoenician and Punic, becoming the most cited name in the literature of Semitic epigraphy between c. 1875 and 1920.

[4] In addition to his own research, Euting collaborated with other scholars, often publishing articles on inscriptions provided by them or discovered in public collections, including the National Academic Library (Strasbourg).

Euting's publications were widely referenced in the Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum (CIS), especially in relation to inscriptions numbered 180-3251, and his "Sammlung der carthagischen Inschriften" (Collection of Carthaginian Inscriptions) and "Punische Steine" (Punic Stones) are considered essential references in the field.