entkeimen
[ɛntˈkaɪ̯mən]
The verdict
“entkeimen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mikroorganismen abtöten, keimfrei machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-entkeimen · entkeimen · German
entkeimen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entkeimen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈkaɪ̯mən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entkeimen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entkeimen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈkaɪ̯mən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for entkeimen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is entkeimen, spelled E-N-T-K-E-I-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1Mikroorganismen abtöten, keimfrei machen
- 2junge Triebe bei Pflanzen entfernen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entkeimen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das kontaminierte Trinkwasser muss zuerst entkeimt werden, bevor es die Dorfbewohner gefahrlos trinken können.
Junge oder falsche Triebe an Zierpflanzen werden einfach ausgebrochen und dieses entkeimen, dient dem Zuchtzielen der Sorte.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.