entfachen
German, verb/ʔɛntˈfaxn̩/
entfachen is spelled E-N-T-F-A-C-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 37,432nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entfachen is a German verb meaning “to kindle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Feuer oder einen Brand entstehen lassen”.
What does entfachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to kindle
- 2
to stir up
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Feuer oder einen Brand entstehen lassen 2. Begierden oder heftige Gefühle erregen; eine Auseinandersetzung provozieren
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 entfachen
- entfacht present singular third-person
- entfachte past
- haben auxiliary
- entfachend participle present
- entfache first-person indicative present
- entfachst indicative present second-person
- entfachest second-person singular subjunctive
- entfachet plural second-person subjunctive
- entfachten first-person indicative plural
- entfachtest indicative preterite second-person
- entfachtet indicative plural preterite
- entfach imperative second-person singular
- habe entfacht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben entfacht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- entfache! imperative singular
- entfacht! imperative plural
- entfacht haben active infinitive perfect
- entfacht werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entfachen?
- /ʔɛntˈfaxn̩/
- /ʔɛntˈfaxən/
- [ɛntˈfaxn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entfachen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entfachen in German?
entfachen 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).