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einkerkern

German, verb[ˈaɪ̯nˌkɛʁkɐn]

einkerkern is spelled E-I-N-K-E-R-K-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 172,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Einkerkern is a German verb meaning “to imprison in a dungeon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden in einem Kerker einsperren”.

What does einkerkern mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to imprison in a dungeon

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. jemanden in einem Kerker einsperren

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 einkerkern

  • kerkert ein present singular third-person
  • kerkerte ein past
  • eingekerkert participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • einkerkernd participle present
  • einzukerkern infinitive infinitive-zu
  • kerkre ein first-person indicative present
  • kerkere ein first-person indicative present
  • kerker ein first-person indicative present
  • kerkern ein first-person indicative plural
  • kerkerst ein indicative present second-person
  • kerkerest ein second-person singular subjunctive
  • kerkrest ein second-person singular subjunctive
  • kerkeret ein plural second-person subjunctive
  • kerkret ein plural second-person subjunctive
  • kerkerten ein first-person indicative plural
  • kerkertest ein indicative preterite second-person
  • kerkertet ein indicative plural preterite

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce einkerkern?

  • [ˈaɪ̯nˌkɛʁkɐn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to einkerkern

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is einkerkern in German?

einkerkern appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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