entkräften
German, verb[ɛntˈkʁɛftn̩]
entkräften is spelled E-N-T-K-R-Ä-F-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entkräften is a German verb meaning “to refute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem oder etwas die Kraft nehmen, kraftlos machen”.
What does entkräften mean in English?
verb
- 1
to refute
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem oder etwas die Kraft nehmen, kraftlos machen 2. eine Theorie, einen Vorwurf, eine Anschuldigung widerlegen
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 entkräften
- entkräftet present singular third-person
- entkräftete past
- haben auxiliary
- entkräftend participle present
- entkräfte first-person indicative present
- entkräftest indicative present second-person
- entkräfteten first-person indicative plural
- entkräftetest indicative preterite second-person
- entkräftetet indicative plural preterite
- entkräft imperative second-person singular
- habe entkräftet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben entkräftet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- entkräft! imperative singular
- entkräfte! imperative singular
- entkräftet! imperative plural
- entkräftet haben active infinitive perfect
- entkräftet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- entkräftet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entkräften?
- [ɛntˈkʁɛftn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entkräften
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entkräften in German?
entkräften appears 1.0 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).