Entgegnung

[ɛntˈɡeːɡnʊŋ]

/[ɛntˈɡeːɡnʊŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Entgegnung” is uncommon German (frequency #87,643 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,643
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gegenteilige Antwort, Erwiderung auf eine zuvor von jemand anderem gemachte Äußerung

Corpus desk

Index DE-entgegnung · Entgegnung · German

Entgegnung · rank #87,643 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,643
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ekliptik

Nearest frequency peer: Ekliptik (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Entgegnung“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Entgegnung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Entgegnung
PropertyValue
HeadwordEntgegnung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɛntˈɡeːɡnʊŋ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#87,643
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Entgegnung“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Entgegnungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ekliptik“ (#87,642), „entgeistert“ (#87,644), „entgiften“ (#87,645). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Entgegnung“ bei #87,643. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Entgegnung is uncommon German at frequency #87,643 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛntˈɡeːɡnʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gegenteilige Antwort, Erwiderung auf eine zuvor von jemand anderem gemachte Äußerung".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Entgegnung, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Entgegnung, spelled E-N-T-G-E-G-N-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    gegenteilige Antwort, Erwiderung auf eine zuvor von jemand anderem gemachte Äußerung

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Entgegnung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Meine Entgegnung musste direkt auf die Vorwürfe hin erfolgen.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Entgegnung"?
"Entgegnung" is spelled E-N-T-G-E-G-N-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntˈɡeːɡnʊŋ].
What does "Entgegnung" mean?
As a noun, "Entgegnung" means: gegenteilige Antwort, Erwiderung auf eine zuvor von jemand anderem gemachte Äußerung
How do you pronounce "Entgegnung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Entgegnung" is [ɛntˈɡeːɡnʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Entgegnung" come from?
"Entgegnung" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Entgegnung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list