entbehren
German, verb/ɛntˈbeːʁən/
entbehren is spelled E-N-T-B-E-H-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 35,692nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entbehren is a German verb meaning “to do without, to dispense with” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Nichtvorhandensein einer Person beziehungsweise einer Sache als persönlichen Mangel empfindend erdulden…”.
What does entbehren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to do without, to dispense with
- 2
to be deprived of
- 3
to be without, to lack, to miss
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. das Nichtvorhandensein einer Person beziehungsweise einer Sache als persönlichen Mangel empfindend erdulden müssen 2. nicht länger auf jemanden beziehungsweise etwas bestehen; ohne jemand beziehungsweise etwas Bestimmtes zurechtkommen 3. etwas für notwendig, vorteilhaft, passend, angenehm Erachtetes als fehlend, mangelnd empfinden; nicht besitzen
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 entbehren
- entbehrt present singular third-person
- entbehrte past
- haben auxiliary
- entbehrend participle present
- entbehre first-person indicative present
- entbehrst indicative present second-person
- entbehrest second-person singular subjunctive
- entbehret plural second-person subjunctive
- entbehrten first-person indicative plural
- entbehrtest indicative preterite second-person
- entbehrtet indicative plural preterite
- entbehr imperative second-person singular
- habe entbehrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben entbehrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- entbiehrst present
- entbiehrt present
- entbahr past
- entbähre subjunctive-ii
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entbehren?
- /ɛntˈbeːʁən/
- [ɛntˈbeːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entbehren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entbehren in German?
entbehren appears 1.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).