entdecken
German, verb/ɛntˈdɛkən/
entdecken is spelled E-N-T-D-E-C-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written German, the 3,812th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entdecken is a German verb meaning “to discover, to spot, to learn for the first time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden oder etwas erstmals finden, herausfinden”.
What does entdecken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to discover, to spot, to learn for the first time
Wir haben einen Bären im Wald entdeckt.
- 2
archaicto disclose
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden oder etwas erstmals finden, herausfinden 2. sich jemandem gegenüber offenbaren
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 entdecken
- entdeckt present singular third-person
- entdeckte past
- haben auxiliary
- entdeckend participle present
- entdecke first-person indicative present
- entdeckst indicative present second-person
- entdeckest second-person singular subjunctive
- entdecket plural second-person subjunctive
- entdeckten first-person indicative plural
- entdecktest indicative preterite second-person
- entdecktet indicative plural preterite
- entdeck imperative second-person singular
- habe entdeckt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben entdeckt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- entdecke! imperative singular
- entdeckt! imperative plural
- entdeckt haben active infinitive perfect
- entdeckt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entdecken?
- /ɛntˈdɛkən/
- [ɛntˈd̥ɛ.kŋ̍]
- [-kən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entdecken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entdecken in German?
entdecken appears 21 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).