entkoppeln
[ɛntˈkɔpl̩n]
The verdict
“entkoppeln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Verbindung lösen
Corpus desk
Index DE-entkoppeln · entkoppeln · German
entkoppeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | entkoppeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈkɔpl̩n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entkoppeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entkoppeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈkɔpl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Verbindung lösen".
entkoppeln doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 entkoppeln, spelled E-N-T-K-O-P-P-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1eine Verbindung lösen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entkoppeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir sollten die Themen Wohnraumbeschaffung und Grundversorgung entkoppeln.
Entkoppelte Netze funktionieren separat von einander.
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.