entkuppeln
[ɛntˈkʊpl̩n]
The verdict
“entkuppeln” 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) - etwas voneinander trennen, was mittels stabiler, aber lösbarer Verbindung (Kupplung) miteinander verbunden ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-entkuppeln · entkuppeln · German
entkuppeln · 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 | entkuppeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈkʊpl̩n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entkuppeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entkuppeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈkʊpl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas voneinander trennen, was mittels stabiler, aber lösbarer Verbindung (Kupplung) miteinander verbunden ist".
entkuppeln doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is entkuppeln, spelled E-N-T-K-U-P-P-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1etwas voneinander trennen, was mittels stabiler, aber lösbarer Verbindung (Kupplung) miteinander verbunden ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entkuppeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir entkuppeln als erstes einmal den Anhänger und das Zugfahrzeug.
Das Entkuppeln der Rangierlok geschieht halbautomatisch.
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.