entlaufen

[ɛntˈlaʊ̯fn̩]

/[ɛntˈlaʊ̯fn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“entlaufen” is uncommon German (frequency #68,182 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,182
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich einer Obhut entziehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-entlaufen · entlaufen · German

entlaufen · rank #68,182 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,182
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH enthaupten

Nearest frequency peer: enthaupten (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „entlaufen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „entlaufen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for entlaufen
PropertyValue
Headwordentlaufen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛntˈlaʊ̯fn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#68,182
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „entlaufen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).entlaufenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „enthaupten“ (#68,181), „entriss“ (#68,183), „entsandten“ (#68,184). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „entlaufen“ bei #68,182. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

entlaufen is uncommon German at frequency #68,182 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈlaʊ̯fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich einer Obhut entziehen".

Zero misspellings are on record for entlaufen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 entlaufen, spelled E-N-T-L-A-U-F-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich einer Obhut entziehen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how entlaufen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Viele haben sicher noch die Bilder aus dem georgischen Tiflis im Kopf, als dort im vergangenen Jahr nach einer Überschwemmung ein Tiger entlaufen war und einen Mann tötete.“

Synonyms

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entlaufen"?
"entlaufen" is spelled E-N-T-L-A-U-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntˈlaʊ̯fn̩].
What does "entlaufen" mean?
As a verb, "entlaufen" means: sich einer Obhut entziehen
How do you pronounce "entlaufen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entlaufen" is [ɛntˈlaʊ̯fn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entlaufen" come from?
"entlaufen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "entlaufen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list