entkommen
German, verb
entkommen is spelled E-N-T-K-O-M-M-E-N (9 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written German, the 7,885th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entkommen is a German verb meaning “to escape” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Entkommen is a different word: “escape, getaway”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine bedrohliche oder unangenehme Situation verlassen, hinter sich lassen, vermeiden”.
What does entkommen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to escape
Der Fuchs ist der Falle entkommen.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of entkommen
- 2
neuterescape, getaway
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine bedrohliche oder unangenehme Situation verlassen, hinter sich lassen, vermeiden
noun: 1. Handlung, eine bedrohliche oder unangenehme Situation zu verlassen, hinter sich zu lassen
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 entkommen
- entkommt present singular third-person
- entkam past
- entkäme past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 4 strong
- entkommend participle present
- entkomme first-person indicative present
- entkommst indicative present second-person
- entkommest second-person singular subjunctive
- entkommet plural second-person subjunctive
- entkamen first-person indicative plural
- entkämen first-person formal plural
- entkamst indicative preterite second-person
- entkamt indicative plural preterite
- entkämest formal rare second-person
- entkämst formal rare second-person
- entkämet formal plural rare
- entkämt formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to entkommen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entkommen in German?
entkommen appears 8.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).