entheben

[ɛntˈheːbn̩]

/[ɛntˈheːbn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“entheben” is uncommon German (frequency #80,302 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,302
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden von einer Belastung, Verpflichtung oder Mühe entbinden

Corpus desk

Index DE-entheben · entheben · German

entheben · rank #80,302 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,302
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH entferntes

Nearest frequency peer: entferntes (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “entheben”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “entheben” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for entheben
PropertyValue
Headwordentheben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛntˈheːbn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#80,302
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “entheben” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.enthebenliegt hier:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „entferntes“ (#80,301), „Enthusiast“ (#80,303), „Endpunkte“ (#80,300). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

entheben is uncommon German at frequency #80,302 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈheːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for entheben in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 entheben, spelled E-N-T-H-E-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden von einer Belastung, Verpflichtung oder Mühe entbinden
  2. 2
    jemanden von einem Amt, Posten oder Ähnlichem entfernen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dieses schwebende Verfahren enthebt ihn der Pflicht, als Zeuge in einem anderen Prozess auszusagen.
  2. Die vielen »konstruktiven Dialoge«, »fruchtbaren Gespräche« und »gemeinsamen Bemühungen«, die einen so sehr aller Parteilichkeit entheben, bis der Sozialdemokrat im Außenminister verschwindet.

Synonyms

befreiendispensierenentbindenentledigenerlösenlossprechennachsehenschonenabberufenabsetzenentfernenentlassenentthronenfreistellenhinauswerfenkündigenstürzensuspendierenverabschiedenrausschmeißenrauswerfenschassen

Antonyms

aufbürdenbelastenbindenin die Pflicht nehmennicht davonkommen lassenverpflichtenauf den Schild hebenberufenbevollmächtigeneinsetzeneinstellenengagiereninthronisieren

This word in other languages

relieve(English)dispensar(Español)décharger(Français)

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 "entheben"?
"entheben" is spelled E-N-T-H-E-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntˈheːbn̩].
What does "entheben" mean?
As a verb, "entheben" means: jemanden von einer Belastung, Verpflichtung oder Mühe entbinden
How do you pronounce "entheben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entheben" is [ɛntˈheːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entheben" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

erlegten#80,314Eckzähne#80,271families#80,340Fernzüge#80,349

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list