entlohnen
[ɛntˈloːnən]
The verdict
“entlohnen” is uncommon German (frequency #79,114 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,114
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden für erbrachte Leistungen bezahlen; jemandem den Lohn für etwas zahlen
Corpus desk
Index DE-entlohnen · entlohnen · German
entlohnen · rank #79,114 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,114
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Endrunden
Nearest frequency peer: Endrunden (-2 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „entlohnen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Elixier
Elixier
20,891 corpus weight
- Endrunden
Endrunden
20,889 corpus weight
- entlohnen
entlohnen
20,887 corpus weight
- Erbfall
Erbfall
20,884 corpus weight
- erblinden
erblinden
20,883 corpus weight
- ergoss
ergoss
20,882 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „entlohnen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entlohnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈloːnən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,114 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entlohnen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entlohnen is uncommon German at frequency #79,114 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈloːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden für erbrachte Leistungen bezahlen; jemandem den Lohn für etwas zahlen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for entlohnen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is entlohnen, spelled E-N-T-L-O-H-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden für erbrachte Leistungen bezahlen; jemandem den Lohn für etwas zahlen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entlohnen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der normale Verleger entlohnt seine Autoren, Redakteure und Korrektoren.“
„In den neuen Bundesländern werden gerade einmal 50 Prozent der Arbeitstätigen nach Tarifverträgen entlohnt.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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