entlasten
German, verb[ʔɛntˈlastən]
entlasten is spelled E-N-T-L-A-S-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written German, the 12,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entlasten is a German verb meaning “to relieve, ease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von einer Beschwernis befreien”.
What does entlasten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to relieve, ease
- 2
to discharge, release
- 3
to exonerate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. von einer Beschwernis befreien
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 entlasten
- entlastet present singular third-person
- entlastete past
- haben auxiliary
- entlastend participle present
- entlaste first-person indicative present
- entlastest indicative present second-person
- entlasteten first-person indicative plural
- entlastetest indicative preterite second-person
- entlastetet indicative plural preterite
- entlast imperative second-person singular
- habe entlastet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben entlastet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- entlast! imperative singular
- entlaste! imperative singular
- entlastet! imperative plural
- entlastet haben active infinitive perfect
- entlastet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- entlastet 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 entlasten?
- [ʔɛntˈlastən]
- [-tn̩]
- [ɛntˈlastn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entlasten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entlasten in German?
entlasten appears 4.7 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).