entgegeneilen
German, verb
entgegeneilen is spelled E-N-T-G-E-G-E-N-E-I-L-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written German, the 543,077th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entgegeneilen is a German verb meaning “to hasten towards (something), to rush to meet (someone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does entgegeneilen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hasten towards (something), to rush to meet (someone)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of entgegeneilen
- eilt entgegen present singular third-person
- eilte entgegen past
- entgegengeeilt participle past
- sein auxiliary
- entgegeneilend participle present
- entgegenzueilen infinitive infinitive-zu
- eile entgegen first-person indicative present
- eilen entgegen first-person indicative plural
- eilst entgegen indicative present second-person
- eilest entgegen second-person singular subjunctive
- eilet entgegen plural second-person subjunctive
- eilten entgegen first-person indicative plural
- eiltest entgegen indicative preterite second-person
- eiltet entgegen indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is entgegeneilen in German?
entgegeneilen appears about once in every 76 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).