entbrennen
[ɛntˈbʁɛnən]
The verdict
“entbrennen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Wucht und Energie beginnen (häufig über Gespräche, Gefechte oder Ähnliches)
Corpus desk
Index DE-entbrennen · entbrennen · German
entbrennen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entbrennen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈbʁɛnən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entbrennen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entbrennen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈbʁɛnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
entbrennen has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is entbrennen, spelled E-N-T-B-R-E-N-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit Wucht und Energie beginnen (häufig über Gespräche, Gefechte oder Ähnliches)
- 2sehr starke (positive, aber auch negative) Gefühle, Leidenschaft für etwas entwickeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entbrennen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nun mal langsam, sonst entbrennt hier noch ein heftiger Streit.
Sofort entbrannte eine lebhafte Diskussion.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.