einschläfern

[ˈaɪ̯nˌʃlɛːfɐn]

/[ˈaɪ̯nˌʃlɛːfɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“einschläfern” is uncommon German (frequency #56,935 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,935
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - töten

Corpus desk

Index DE-einschlafern · einschläfern · German

einschläfern · rank #56,935 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,935
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH einstreichen

Nearest frequency peer: einstreichen (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „einschläfern“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „einschläfern“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for einschläfern
PropertyValue
Headwordeinschläfern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaɪ̯nˌʃlɛːfɐn]
Letters12
Frequency rank#56,935
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „einschläfern“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.einschläfernfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „einstreichen“ (#56,936), „Einnahmequellen“ (#56,933), „Eiswasser“ (#56,937). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „einschläfern“ bei #56,935. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

einschläfern is uncommon German at frequency #56,935 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃlɛːfɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for einschläfern, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is einschläfern, spelled E-I-N-S-C-H-L-Ä-F-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    töten
  2. 2
    müde machen, faul machen, das Einschlafen fördern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how einschläfern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sie brachte ihren schwer leidenden Hund zum Tierarzt, damit der ihn einschläferte, aber der Tierarzt schlug ihr vor, dem Hund die Schmerzen zu lindern und ihn ärztlich zu behandeln.
  2. „Wir dürfen uns von den Umfragen nicht einschläfern lassen.“

Synonyms

einlullen

This word in other languages

put to sleep(English)euthanasier(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "einschläfern"?
"einschläfern" is spelled E-I-N-S-C-H-L-Ä-F-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃlɛːfɐn].
What does "einschläfern" mean?
As a verb, "einschläfern" means: töten
How do you pronounce "einschläfern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "einschläfern" is [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃlɛːfɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "einschläfern" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "einschläfern", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

einstreichen#56,936Eigengewicht#56,924eigenartigen#56,923dunkelbraune#56,910

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list