entlaufen

/[ɛntˈlaʊ̯fn̩]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#68,182

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

entlaufen is aGermanverb. It means: sich einer Obhut entziehen Pronounced [ɛntˈlaʊ̯fn̩].

Key facts for entlaufen
PropertyValue
Headwordentlaufen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛntˈlaʊ̯fn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#68,182
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of entlaufen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for entlaufen is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛntˈlaʊ̯fn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #68,182 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sich einer Obhut entziehen".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for entlaufen in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is entlaufen, spelled E-N-T-L-A-U-F-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich einer Obhut entziehen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #68,182 in German

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.