enthaupten
[ɛntˈhaʊ̯ptn̩]
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
- Energiekonz…
Energiekonzerne
31,823 corpus weight
- energische
energische
31,822 corpus weight
- enthaupten
enthaupten
31,820 corpus weight
- entlaufen
entlaufen
31,819 corpus weight
- entriss
entriss
31,818 corpus weight
- entsandten
entsandten
31,817 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „enthaupten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enthaupten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈhaʊ̯ptn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #68,181 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „enthaupten“ im Deutschen
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
- 1jemanden durch Abtrennen des Kopfes töten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enthaupten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heinrich VIII. von England ließ zwei seiner sechs Ehefrauen enthaupten.
Maria Stuart wurde am 18.2.1587 auf dem Schafott enthauptet.
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.
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