entfahren
German, verb/ˌɛntˈfaːʁən/
entfahren is spelled E-N-T-F-A-H-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written German, the 381,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entfahren is a German verb meaning “to escape” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unbeabsichtigt, spontan, unüberlegt, unbedacht ausgesprochen werden, mündlich geäußert werden”.
What does entfahren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to escape
- 2
to slip out (someone's) mouth
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. unbeabsichtigt, spontan, unüberlegt, unbedacht ausgesprochen werden, mündlich geäußert werden 2. schnell irgendwo herauskommen
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 entfahren
- entfährt present singular third-person
- entfuhr past
- entführe past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 6 strong
- entfahrend participle present
- entfahre first-person indicative present
- entfährst indicative present second-person
- entfahrt indicative plural present
- entfahrest second-person singular subjunctive
- entfahret plural second-person subjunctive
- entfuhren first-person indicative plural
- entführen first-person formal plural
- entfuhrst indicative preterite second-person
- entfuhrt indicative plural preterite
- entführest formal rare second-person
- entführst formal rare second-person
- entführet formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entfahren?
- /ˌɛntˈfaːʁən/
- [ˌɛntˈfaːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is entfahren in German?
entfahren appears about once in every 41 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).