entgiften
[ɛntˈɡɪftn̩]
The verdict
“entgiften” is uncommon German (frequency #87,645 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,645
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gift, Schadstoffe aus etwas entfernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-entgiften · entgiften · German
entgiften · rank #87,645 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,645
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH entgeistert
Nearest frequency peer: entgeistert (-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 „entgiften“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ekliptik
Ekliptik
12,359 corpus weight
- Entgegnung
Entgegnung
12,358 corpus weight
- entgeistert
entgeistert
12,357 corpus weight
- entgiften
entgiften
12,356 corpus weight
- Entomologie
Entomologie
12,355 corpus weight
- entweiht
entweiht
12,354 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „entgiften“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entgiften |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈɡɪftn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entgiften“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entgiften is uncommon German at frequency #87,645 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈɡɪftn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gift, Schadstoffe aus etwas entfernen".
entgiften doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is entgiften, spelled E-N-T-G-I-F-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Gift, Schadstoffe aus etwas entfernen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entgiften appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die verseuchte Erde – insgesamt rund 25 000 Tonnen – mußte weg. Aber wohin? Schönberg in der DDR wurde der Transportspedition schließlich als Ziel vorgegeben […]. Aber Technologien, verseuchten Boden in dieser Menge zu entgiften, gibt es noch nicht.“
„Drei Wochen brauchten die Ärzte, um seinen Körper zu entgiften. Als er zurück nach Hause kam, wurde er rückfällig.“
Antonyms
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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.
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