entlegen
[ɛntˈleːɡn̩]
The verdict
“entlegen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weit entfernt, nur mit Mühe erreichbar
Corpus desk
Index DE-entlegen · entlegen · German
entlegen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | entlegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛntˈleːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entlegen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entlegen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛntˈleːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weit entfernt, nur mit Mühe erreichbar".
entlegen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is entlegen, spelled E-N-T-L-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1weit entfernt, nur mit Mühe erreichbar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entlegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch in den entlegensten Vororten wurden diese Wechselstuben in den Weg gestellt.“
„Das Beben war bis in die Hauptstadt Port Moresby zu spüren. Der Parlamentsabgeordneten Kessy Sawang zufolge kamen in entlegenen Bergdörfern zwei Menschen ums Leben.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.