entlüften
[ɛntˈlʏftn̩]
The verdict
“entlüften” 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) - aus etwas Luft entweichen lassen oder diese entfernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-entluften · entlüften · German
entlüften · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | entlüften |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈlʏftn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entlüften“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entlüften is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈlʏftn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus etwas Luft entweichen lassen oder diese entfernen".
entlüften doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 entlüften, spelled E-N-T-L-Ü-F-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1aus etwas Luft entweichen lassen oder diese entfernen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how entlüften appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heizkörper sollte man zu Beginn der Heizperiode ordentlich entlüften.
Antonyms
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.