entfalten
German, verb[ɛntˈfaltn̩]
entfalten is spelled E-N-T-F-A-L-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written German, the 10,637th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entfalten is a German verb meaning “to unfold (to undo a folding)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas Gefaltetes auspacken”.
What does entfalten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to unfold (to undo a folding)
- 2
to unfold; develop; pan out
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas Gefaltetes auspacken 2. sich entwickeln, sich zeigen
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 entfalten
- entfaltet present singular third-person
- entfaltete past
- haben auxiliary
- entfaltend participle present
- entfalte first-person indicative present
- entfaltest indicative present second-person
- entfalteten first-person indicative plural
- entfaltetest indicative preterite second-person
- entfaltetet indicative plural preterite
- entfalt imperative second-person singular
- habe entfaltet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben entfaltet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- entfalt! imperative singular
- entfalte! imperative singular
- entfaltet! imperative plural
- entfaltet haben active infinitive perfect
- entfaltet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- entfaltet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entfalten?
- [ɛntˈfaltn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entfalten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entfalten in German?
entfalten appears 6.0 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).