entehren
[ɛntˈʔeːʁən]
The verdict
“entehren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so handeln, dass jemand seine Ehre verliert
Corpus desk
Index DE-entehren · entehren · German
entehren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | entehren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈʔeːʁən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entehren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entehren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈʔeːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so handeln, dass jemand seine Ehre verliert".
No generated misspelling entries exist for entehren in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is entehren, spelled E-N-T-E-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1so handeln, dass jemand seine Ehre verliert
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how entehren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tina hatte ihre Familie entehrt.
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.