entleihen
[ɛntˈlaɪ̯ən]
The verdict
“entleihen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas von jemandem vorübergehend annehmen, mit dem Versprechen, es zurückzugeben
Corpus desk
Index DE-entleihen · entleihen · German
entleihen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | entleihen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈlaɪ̯ən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entleihen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entleihen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈlaɪ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas von jemandem vorübergehend annehmen, mit dem Versprechen, es zurückzugeben".
entleihen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 entleihen, spelled E-N-T-L-E-I-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas von jemandem vorübergehend annehmen, mit dem Versprechen, es zurückzugeben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entleihen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Einige wertvolle Bücher kann man als Benutzer nicht entleihen.
Kinder dürfen maximal 5 Bücher entleihen und müssen sie nach vier Wochen zurückbringen.
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.