entlieben
[ɛntˈliːbn̩]
The verdict
“entlieben” 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) - eine Liebe beenden, indem (meist mit Absicht versucht wird) die (verliebten, liebevollen) Gefühle für den anderen zu mindern oder zu tilgen
Corpus desk
Index DE-entlieben · entlieben · German
entlieben · 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 | entlieben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈliːbn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entlieben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entlieben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈliːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Liebe beenden, indem (meist mit Absicht versucht wird) die (verliebten, liebevollen) Gefühle für den anderen zu mindern oder zu tilgen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for entlieben, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is entlieben, spelled E-N-T-L-I-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Liebe beenden, indem (meist mit Absicht versucht wird) die (verliebten, liebevollen) Gefühle für den anderen zu mindern oder zu tilgen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entlieben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie beschloss ganz bewusst, sich jetzt schleunigst zu entlieben, um endlich wieder klar denken zu können.
Ich rate dir: entlieb dich ganz schnell wieder, der Typ ist nichts für dich!
Antonyms
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.