entfeuchten
[ɛntˈfɔɪ̯çtn̩]
The verdict
“entfeuchten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wassergehalt (Feuchtigkeit) reduzieren/entfernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-entfeuchten · entfeuchten · German
entfeuchten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entfeuchten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈfɔɪ̯çtn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entfeuchten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entfeuchten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈfɔɪ̯çtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wassergehalt (Feuchtigkeit) reduzieren/entfernen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for entfeuchten, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is entfeuchten, spelled E-N-T-F-E-U-C-H-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Wassergehalt (Feuchtigkeit) reduzieren/entfernen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entfeuchten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Sommerhalbjahr müssen wir den Keller mit einem Entfeuchter entfeuchten.
„Bei der nassen Kühlung wird die Luft gleichzeitig entfeuchtet. Die Oberflächentemperatur des Kühlers muß also unter der Taupunkttemperatur liegen, weil nur dann Wasser aus der Luft ausscheidet.“
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.