Entelechie
German, noun/ɛntelɛˈçiː/
Entelechie is a German feminine noun meaning “entelechy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Kraft, die in einem Organismus liegt und seine Entwicklung oder Selbstverwirklichung bewirkt oder lenkt”.
What does Entelechie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineentelechy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Kraft, die in einem Organismus liegt und seine Entwicklung oder Selbstverwirklichung bewirkt oder lenkt
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 Entelechie
- Entelechien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Entelechie?
- /ɛntelɛˈçiː/
- [ɛntelɛˈçiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Entelechie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Entelechie in German?
Entelechie appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).