entlegen
German, adjective/ɛntˈleːɡn̩/
entlegen is spelled E-N-T-L-E-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 267,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entlegen is a German adjective meaning “out-of-the-way” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weit entfernt, nur mit Mühe erreichbar”.
What does entlegen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
out-of-the-way
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. weit entfernt, nur mit Mühe erreichbar
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 entlegen
- entlegener masculine nominative singular
- am entlegensten superlative
- entlegene feminine nominative singular
- entlegenes neuter nominative singular
- entlegenen genitive masculine singular
- entlegenem dative masculine singular
- der entlegene definite includes-article masculine
- die entlegene definite feminine includes-article
- das entlegene definite includes-article neuter
- die entlegenen definite includes-article nominative
- des entlegenen definite genitive includes-article
- der entlegenen definite feminine genitive
- dem entlegenen dative definite includes-article
- entlegner positive nominative strong
- entlegne positive nominative strong
- entlegnes positive nominative strong
- entlegnen positive genitive strong
- entlegnem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entlegen?
- /ɛntˈleːɡn̩/
- [ɛntˈleːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is entlegen in German?
entlegen appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).