entlehnen
German, verb/ɛntˈleːnən/
entlehnen is spelled E-N-T-L-E-H-N-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entlehnen is a German verb meaning “to borrow (a word, concept, cultural practice or object)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus einem anderen geistigen Bereich übernehmen und anpassen”.
What does entlehnen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to borrow (a word, concept, cultural practice or object)
Das Wort „Hai“ ist aus dem Niederländischen entlehnt.
- 2
obsoleteto borrow (in general)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aus einem anderen geistigen Bereich übernehmen und anpassen
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 entlehnen
- entlehnt present singular third-person
- entlehnte past
- haben auxiliary
- entlehnend participle present
- entlehne first-person indicative present
- entlehnst indicative present second-person
- entlehnest second-person singular subjunctive
- entlehnet plural second-person subjunctive
- entlehnten first-person indicative plural
- entlehntest indicative preterite second-person
- entlehntet indicative plural preterite
- entlehn imperative second-person singular
- habe entlehnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben entlehnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- entlehn! imperative singular
- entlehne! imperative singular
- entlehnt! imperative plural
- entlehnt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entlehnen?
- /ɛntˈleːnən/
- [ɛntˈleːnən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entlehnen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entlehnen in German?
entlehnen appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).