enthaupten

[ɛntˈhaʊ̯ptn̩]

/[ɛntˈhaʊ̯ptn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“enthaupten” is uncommon German (frequency #68,181 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,181
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden durch Abtrennen des Kopfes töten

Corpus desk

Index DE-enthaupten · enthaupten · German

enthaupten · rank #68,181 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,181
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH entlaufen

Nearest frequency peer: entlaufen (+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 „enthaupten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for enthaupten
PropertyValue
Headwordenthaupten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛntˈhaʊ̯ptn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#68,181
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „enthaupten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.enthauptenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „entlaufen“ (#68,182), „energische“ (#68,179), „entriss“ (#68,183). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „enthaupten“ bei #68,181. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

enthaupten is uncommon German at frequency #68,181 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈhaʊ̯ptn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden durch Abtrennen des Kopfes töten".

No misspelling variants are generated for enthaupten in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is enthaupten, spelled E-N-T-H-A-U-P-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden durch Abtrennen des Kopfes töten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Heinrich VIII. von England ließ zwei seiner sechs Ehefrauen enthaupten.
  2. Maria Stuart wurde am 18.2.1587 auf dem Schafott enthauptet.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "enthaupten"?
"enthaupten" is spelled E-N-T-H-A-U-P-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntˈhaʊ̯ptn̩].
What does "enthaupten" mean?
As a verb, "enthaupten" means: jemanden durch Abtrennen des Kopfes töten
How do you pronounce "enthaupten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enthaupten" is [ɛntˈhaʊ̯ptn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enthaupten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "enthaupten", 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