entgleisen
German, verb/ɛntˈɡlaɪ̯zn̩/
entgleisen is spelled E-N-T-G-L-E-I-S-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 72,255th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entgleisen is a German verb meaning “to derail, come off the tracks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus den Gleisen springen”.
What does entgleisen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to derail, come off the tracks
verbal entgleisen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aus den Gleisen springen 2. von der bisherigen oder gesellschaftlich erwünschten Verhaltensweise abweichen
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 entgleisen
- entgleist present singular third-person
- entgleiste past
- sein auxiliary
- entgleisend participle present
- entgleise first-person indicative present
- entgleisest second-person singular subjunctive
- entgleiset plural second-person subjunctive
- entgleisten first-person indicative plural
- entgleistest indicative preterite second-person
- entgleistet indicative plural preterite
- entgleis imperative second-person singular
- bin entgleist first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind entgleist first-person indicative multiword-construction
- entgleise! imperative singular
- entgleis! imperative singular
- entgleist! imperative plural
- entgleiset! imperative plural
- entgleist haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entgleisen?
- /ɛntˈɡlaɪ̯zn̩/
- [ɛntˈɡlaɪ̯zn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entgleisen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entgleisen in German?
entgleisen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).