eintrichtern
German, verb/ˈaɪ̯nˌtʁɪç.tɐn/
eintrichtern is spelled E-I-N-T-R-I-C-H-T-E-R-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 138,538th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eintrichtern is a German verb meaning “to impress upon, to din something into someone (to repeat insistently in order to persuade or make remember)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem etwas mit Mühe beibringen”.
What does eintrichtern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to impress upon, to din something into someone (to repeat insistently in order to persuade or make remember)
Dieser Unsinn wird uns von den Politikern Tag für Tag eingetrichtert.
- 2
to funnel (to pour liquid through a funnel)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem etwas mit Mühe beibringen 2. jemandem Flüssigkeit zuführen
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 eintrichtern
- trichtert ein present singular third-person
- trichterte ein past
- eingetrichtert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- eintrichternd participle present
- einzutrichtern infinitive infinitive-zu
- trichtre ein first-person indicative present
- trichtere ein first-person indicative present
- trichter ein first-person indicative present
- trichtern ein first-person indicative plural
- trichterst ein indicative present second-person
- trichterest ein second-person singular subjunctive
- trichtrest ein second-person singular subjunctive
- trichteret ein plural second-person subjunctive
- trichtret ein plural second-person subjunctive
- trichterten ein first-person indicative plural
- trichtertest ein indicative preterite second-person
- trichtertet ein indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce eintrichtern?
- /ˈaɪ̯nˌtʁɪç.tɐn/
- [ˈaɪ̯nˌtʁɪçtɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to eintrichtern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eintrichtern in German?
eintrichtern appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).