entführen
German, verb
entführen is spelled E-N-T-F-Ü-H-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 18,198th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entführen is a German verb meaning “to abduct, kidnap, seize (a person or animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Entführen is a different word: “gerund of entführen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden (oder etwas in dem sich Personen befinden) heimlich oder gewaltsam wegbringen, verschleppen”.
What does entführen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to abduct, kidnap, seize (a person or animal)
ein Kind entführen
- 2
to hijack (a vehicle)
ein Flugzeug entführen
- 3
to seize (someone's mind), to lead (someone's thoughts) astray, to take (someone) to some memory or imaginative place
Ihr Gesang entführte mich in die verlorene Welt meiner Vorfahren.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of entführen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden (oder etwas in dem sich Personen befinden) heimlich oder gewaltsam wegbringen, verschleppen
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 entführen
- entführt present singular third-person
- entführte past
- haben auxiliary
- entführend participle present
- entführe first-person indicative present
- entführst indicative present second-person
- entführest second-person singular subjunctive
- entführet plural second-person subjunctive
- entführten first-person indicative plural
- entführtest indicative preterite second-person
- entführtet indicative plural preterite
- entführ imperative second-person singular
- habe entführt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben entführt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- entführe! imperative singular
- entführt! imperative plural
- entführt haben active infinitive perfect
- entführt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to entführen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entführen in German?
entführen appears 3.0 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).