Entfernung
German, noun/ɛntˈfɛʁnʊŋ/
Entfernung is spelled E-N-T-F-E-R-N-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written German, the 3,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entfernung is a German feminine noun meaning “distance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Distanz, die Länge einer Strecke zwischen zwei Punkten”.
What does Entfernung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedistance
- 2
feminineremoval
- 3
feminine-ectomy (generally alongside a specialist, not widely understood word in -ektomie)
Gebärmutterentfernung
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Distanz, die Länge einer Strecke zwischen zwei Punkten 2. großer Abstand von einem bestimmten Punkt 3. Vorgang oder Ergebnis des Entfernens eines Objektes, seltener auch eines Menschen
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 Entfernung
- Entfernungen plural
- Entf. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Entfernung?
- /ɛntˈfɛʁnʊŋ/
- [ɛntˈfɛʁnʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Entfernung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Entfernung in German?
Entfernung appears 23 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).